Malatestino I Malatesta

Malatestino I Malatesta, called dell'Occhio (Rimini, c. 1254 – 14 October 1317), was an Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini, the third son of Malatesta da Verucchio. His nickname came from the loss of an eye. Expelled in 1288, he returned in 1290 and led the family's wars against Romagna's Ghibellines, becoming podestà of Rimini in 1301.

On his father's death in 1312 he took Rimini, granting his other lands to his nephew Uberto and half-brother Pandolfo. Dante, in the Inferno, brands him a tyrant and the murderer of the two best men of Fano, drowned in weighted sacks.