Magione conspiracy

The Magione conspiracy was a 1502 plot on behalf of several Italian lords to kill or overthrow Cesare Borgia and to split up his dominions, as they believed he was becoming too powerful. ^{[1] [2]} The conspirators were Oliverotto Euffreducci, Vitellozzo Vitelli, Gian Paolo Baglioni, Pandolfo Petrucci (through his minister, Antonio da Venafro), Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Giovanni Bentivoglio (through his son Ermes) and Paolo and Francesco Orsini, who the leading members of Orsini family. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} As the conspirators had a mutual distrust for one another, and were eager to make separate peace deals with Cesare, this led to the failure of the conspiracy, which enabled Borgia to rearm himself with troops and thus punish those responsible for the conspiracy by having many of the conspirators – Vitelli, Euffreducci and two of the Orsini brothers – killed. ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• List of political conspiracies
• The Description

References

1. Meyer, G. J. (2013). The Borgias: The Hidden History. Bantam Books. ISBN   978-0-345-52691-5.
2. Strathern, Paul (29 September 2009). The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped. Random House Publishing. ISBN   978-0-553-90689-9.
3. Meyer, pg 349
4. "PETRUCCI, Pandolfo - Enciclopedia".
5. "Magione - Enciclopedia".
6. "Bòrgia, Cesare - Enciclopedia".
7. Sabatini, Rafael. The Life of Cesare Borgia. pg 252
8. Meyer, p.347-350

Further reading

Meyer, G. J. (2013). The Borgias: The Hidden History. Bantam Books. ISBN   978-0-345-52691-5.