List of Famous people with last name Malatesta

Paolo Malatesta

First Name Paolo
Last Name Malatesta
Born on January 1, 1246
Died on January 1, 1285 (aged 39)

Paolo Malatesta, also known as il Bello, was the third son of Malatesta da Verucchio, lord of Rimini. He is best known for the story of his affair with Francesca da Polenta, portrayed by Dante in a famous episode of his Inferno. He was the brother of Giovanni (Gianciotto) and Malatestino Malatesta.

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Paola Malatesta

First Name Paola
Last Name Malatesta
Born on January 1, 1393
Died on March 9, 1449 (aged 56)
Born in Italy, Marche

Paola Agnese Malatesta also Paola of Mantua was an Italian noblewoman of the noble family House of Malatesta, rulers of Rimini and Pesaro. She was born in Pesaro in 1393 to Malatesta IV Malatesta, lord of Pesaro and Fossombrone, and Elisabetta da Varano. On 22 August 1409 she married Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, leader of Mantua, in Pesaro. She was the first Marquesa of Mantua after her husband received the title. Paola had six children and introduced the genetic disease of kyphosis to the Gonzaga family which showed in subsequent generations.

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Cleofa Malatesta

First Name Cleofa
Born on November 30, 1404
Died on April 18, 1433 (aged 28)
Born in Italy, Marche

Cleofa Malatesta da Pesaro was an Italian noblewoman and the wife of Theodore II Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea, brother of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor. She was a daughter of Malatesta dei Sonetti, Count of Pesaro, and Isabella Gonzaga. She married Theodore Palaiologos in Mystras on January 21, 1421, or sometime in 1422 in an arranged marriage that was part of an initiative of her uncle, Pope Martin V, to join Western with Orthodox nobility, who in this way hoped to gain political alliances against the Ottoman Turks.

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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

First Name Sigismondo
Born on June 19, 1417
Died on October 7, 1468 (aged 51)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and lord of Rimini and Fano from 1432. He was widely considered by his contemporaries as one of the most daring military leaders in Italy and commanded the Venetian forces in the 1465 campaign against the Ottoman Empire. He was also a poet and patron of the arts.

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Galeazzo Malatesta

First Name Galeazzo
Born on January 1, 1385
Died on January 1, 1461 (aged 76)
Born in Italy, Marche

Galeazzo Malatesta (1385–1461) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro and Fossombrone.

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Malatesta IV Malatesta

First Name Malatesta
Last Name Malatesta
Born on January 1, 1370
Died on December 19, 1429 (aged 59)
Born in Italy, Marche

Malatesta IV Malatesta was an Italian condottiero, poet and lord of Pesaro, Fossombrone, Gradara, Jesi, Narni and other fiefs in Italy.

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Galeotto I Malatesta

First Name Galeotto
Born on November 30, 1298
Died on November 30, 1384 (aged 86)

Galeotto I Malatesta (1299–1385) was an Italian condottiero, who was lord of Rimini, Fano, Ascoli Piceno, Cesena and Fossombrone.

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Pandolfo Malatesta

First Name Pandolfo
Last Name Malatesta
Born on November 30, 1389
Died on January 1, 1441 (aged 51)
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Carlo II Malatesta

First Name Carlo
Last Name Malatesta
Born on January 1, 1390
Died on November 14, 1438 (aged 48)

Carlo II Malatesta was an Italian politician and condottiero. He was lord of Pesaro, Gradara, Senigallia, Fossombrone and Civitanova Marche. He was the son of Malatesta IV Malatesta and Elisabetta da Varano.

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Galeotto II Malatesta

First Name Galeotto
Born on November 30, 1397
Died on November 30, 1413 (aged 16)
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