Cesena
Cesena was a town in Romagna near the Adriatic side of the Apennines. In 1337 Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì held it amid the struggle between popes and emperors.
Cardinal Albornoz retook Cesena in 1357, but after a revolt Breton mercenaries under the Cardinal of Geneva massacred its inhabitants in 1377. The city passed to Galeotto I Malatesta in 1378; his family ruled until 1465, and Malatesta Novello built the Malatestiana Library. Cesare Borgia seized Cesena in 1500 and briefly made it his capital before it returned to papal rule.
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- Cassandra della Faggiola
- Francesco II Ordelaffi
- Francesco Malatesta
- Giovanni II Malatesta
- Giovanni Malatesta da Sogliano
- Isotta Malatesta
- Malatesta II Malatesta of Sogliano
- Malatestino Malatesta da Sogliano
- Margherita Malatesta
- Cia Ordelaffi
- Niccolò I Malatesta
- Niccolò da Montefeltro
- Onestina dei Calboli
- Onestina Ordelaffi
- Paolo Malatesta
- Ramberto I Malatesta
- Ramberto II Malatesta
- Ramberto II Malatesta of Sogliano
- Sinibaldo Ordelaffi
- Sinibaldo I Ordelaffi
- Uberto Malatesta