'Francesco I Ordelaffi' (also known as 'Cecco I', c.
1300 –
1332) was lord of
Forlì and
Bertinoro from 1315 to 1331. He was the brother and successor of
Scarpetta Ordelaffi.
A
Ghibelline leader, according to some sources he hosted
Dante Alighieri in Forlì in 1316. In 1323 he supported the Ghibelline lord of
Arezzo,
Guido Tarlati, in the conquest of
Città di Castello.
Ousted from Forlì by a Papal army in 1331, he died shortly after by a horse fall.
References
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Gli Ordelaffi, , G., Pecci, Fratelli Lega Editori, 1974,