Giovanni di Vico

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Giovanni di Vico

Giovanni di Vico (died 1366) was an Italian Ghibelline leader, lord of Viterbo

Viterbo

Viterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Latium region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 100 kilometers north of Rome on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and Monti Volsini....
, Vetralla

Vetralla

Vetralla is a town and commune in the Province of Viterbo, 18 km to the south of that city, located on a shoulder of Monte Fogliano....
, Orvieto

Orvieto

Orvieto is a city in southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone....
, Narni

Narni

Narni is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria in central Italy, with 20,100 inhabitants according to the 2003 census; at altitude 240 m it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River, Italy in the province of Terni....
and numerous other lands in northern Lazio and Umbria

Umbria

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. He is the most famous member of the Prefetti di Vico

Prefetti di Vico

The Prefetti di Vico nel Lazio were an italy noble family, of German origin, who established in history of Rome from the 10th century.They obtained the title of praefect urbis by the Holy Roman Emperor....
family.

anni is mentioned for the first time in 1322. In 1337 he inherited the charge of prefect of Rome from his father Manfredi. The following year he entered Viterbo, killing his brother Faziolo, who had remained loyal to the Pope.

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Giovanni di Vico (died 1366) was an Italian Ghibelline leader, lord of Viterbo

Viterbo

Vetralla

Vetralla is a town and commune in the Province of Viterbo, 18 km to the south of that city, located on a shoulder of Monte Fogliano....
, Orvieto

Orvieto

Narni

Umbria

Umbria is a Regions of Italy of central Italy. Its capital is Perugia. It has an area of 8,456 km? and about 900,000 inhabitants....
. He is the most famous member of the Prefetti di Vico

Prefetti di Vico

Biography

Giovanni is mentioned for the first time in 1322. In 1337 he inherited the charge of prefect of Rome from his father Manfredi. The following year he entered Viterbo, killing his brother Faziolo, who had remained loyal to the Pope. Giovanni was named Imperial vicar of Latium by emperor Louis IV of Bavaria

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Louis IV , called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1294/1301 together with his brother Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Electoral Palatinate until 1329, King of Germany from 1314, and Holy Roman Empire from 1328....
, confirmed in 1342 by Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Papacy, was pope from May 1342 until his death....
.

However, increasing contrasts with the latter drove him to an open rebellion in 1344, in which he expanded his lordship. After a short reconciliation, in 1347 Cola di Rienzo

Cola di Rienzo

Cola di Rienzo or di Rienzi was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, tribune of the Roman people in the mid-14th century....
, senator of Rome, declared Giovanni rebel and waged war to him. Assailed by 7,000 men, he was forced to sue for a surrender, and to renounce to his title of prefect. Giovanni was arrested again in Rome two times again, but was freed with the fall of Cola di Rienzo.

He thenceforth continued his ruthless policy of ravages against the Papal territories, refusing always to present himself in Avignon

Avignon

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to respond of his deeds. In 1352 the Papal army attacked Viterbo; Giovanni resisted successfully a siege of seven months, but was excommunicated. He was also initially victorious against Gil de Albornoz, the skillful Cardinal sent by Pope Innocent VI to conquer back the usurped territories of the Papal States

Papal States

The Papal States, State of the Church or Pontifical States were one of the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia ....
, but in 1354 he was decisively defeated near Orvieto. After a short resistance in Viterbo, he surrendered and swore loyalty to Albornoz and the Church.

In March 1355 he accompanied Charles IV of Bohemia

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the eleventh king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and Holy Roman Emperor.He was the eldest son and heir of John of Bohemia, who died on 26 August 1346, thus Charles inherited the Count of Luxembourg and the King of Bohemia....
to Rome for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor. Taking advantage of Charles' protection, he tried to spur new rebellions in the Papal territories, but was always countered by Albornoz.

Giovanni di Vico died in 1366.