Volterra
Volterra was a Tuscan hill commune, divided around 1300 by Guelph and Ghibelline feuds between the Belforti and Allegretti families.
In 1340 Ottaviano Belforti expelled the Allegretti and became signore. His son Bocchino tried to sell the city to Pisa and was beheaded in 1361, after which Florence took control. Giusto Landini's revolt briefly restored independence in 1429, but he was murdered; Florentine troops sacked Volterra in 1472 during a war over its alum mines.
Characters
- Belforte Belforti
- Belforte Belforti
- Benedetto Belforti
- Bernardo Belforti
- Bocchino Belforti
- Filippo Belforti
- Musciattino Belforti
- Ottaviano Belforti
- Piero Belforti
- Rainuccio degli Allegretti
- Ranieri Belforti
- Roberto Belforti