Ugolino della Gherardesca
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Ugolino della Gherardesca, Count of Donoratico, was an Italian nobleman, politician and naval commander. He was frequently accused of treason and features prominently in Dante's Divine Comedy.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 6
Portrait of Ugolino by Johann Kaspar Lavater
Ugolino and his sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1861, Petit Palais.
Torre della Muda, Giovanni Paolo Lasinio, engravings dated 1865.
Dante and Virgil in the Inferno before Ugolino and His Sons by Priamo della Quercia (15th century)
Ugolino and his sons in their cell, as painted by William Blake circa 1826.
Ugolino gnawing at his own fingers, in an engraving by Domingos SequeiraIn their orbit 4
Politicians from Italy 6
About this person
Country
ItalyCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1220 to 1289 · aged 69
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17 languages
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