Pandolfo I Malatesta

Pandolfo I Malatesta (died 1326) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini, a son of Malatesta da Verucchio. He conquered Pesaro, seized Senigallia, and in 1306 took and sacked Fano before the townspeople drove him out. He recovered Pesaro in 1312 but became its lord only in 1320.

In 1313 he entered Fano by stealth, murdered leading citizens and had their bodies thrown from the palace windows, ruling as a tyrant until a popular revolt expelled him. In 1317 he succeeded his brother Malatestino as lord of Rimini.

In 1322 he made peace with San Marino. He had his nephew Uberto killed in 1324 and died two years later, succeeded by Ferrantino.