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PICCOLOMINI , the name of an Italian noble family, which was prominent in Siena (q.v.) from the beginning of the 13th century onwards. In 1220 Enghelberto d'Ugo Piccolomini received the fief of Montertari in Val d'Orcia from the emperor Frederick II. as a reward for services rendered. The family acquired houses and towers in Siena and castles in the republic's territory, including Montone and Castiglione; the latter they sold to the commune in 1321. They obtained great
trade
Guelph
triumph
of Charles of Anjou. But through their riotous political activity the Piccolomini lost their commercial influence , which passed into the hands of the Florentines, although they retained their palaces, castles and about twenty fiefs, some of which were in the territory of Amalfi and of great
house
Pius
Pius
See Richter, Die Piccolomini (Berlin, 1874) ; A. Lisini and A. Liberati, Albero della famiglia Piccolomini (Siena, 1899) ; and articles by A. Lisini in the Miscellanea storica senese, 3rd series 12, and 4th series , 17 and 189.End of Article: PICCOLOMINI If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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