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Martino della Torre

Ruler of Milan (died 1263)

Field	Value
name	Martino della Torre
title	Ruler of Milan
reign	1259–1263
death_date
death_place	Lodi, Lombardy
burial_place	Abbazia di Chiaravalle
father	Jacopo della Torre
spouse	{{plainlist
noble family	Della Torre

A sister of Paolo da Soresina

Martino della Torre (died 1263) was an Italian condottiero and statesman.

Early life

Martino della Torre was a son of Jacopo della Torre and a nephew of Pagano I, who established the power of the della Torre family (also known as Torriani) in Milan. In 1241, he opposed the nomination as podestà of the city of Paolo da Soresina, and married one of da Soresina's sisters, with whom he had no children.

Career

Leader of the popular party, in 1259, he was elected in the Council of the Elder, but when he abused his power, the ousted nobles called the Ghibelline leader Ezzelino III da Romano to fight him. The latter was defeated at Cassano d'Adda by the Guelph league led by Martino and Oberto Pallavicino: della Torre obtained the estates of Lodi, Como, Vercelli, and Bergamo.

He subsequently struggled against the election of Ottone Visconti as archbishop of Milan by Pope Urban IV, but ended up succeeding. After defeating the allies of the Visconti, he received the ruler of Novara.

Death

Martino della Torre probably died in Lodi, Lombardy on 20 November 1263 and he was buried at the Abbazia di Chiaravalle alongside his father and Pagano.

References

Bibliography

References

Litta, Pompeo. (1850). "Famiglie celebri italiane. Torriani di Valsassina". [[Princeton University Press]].
Fantoni, Giuliana L.. (1989). "DELLA TORRE, Martino". [[Treccani]].

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