Their possession extended to what is now southern Tuscany and northern Lazio regions of Italy.The Aldobrandeschi heiress of Santa Fiora married into the Sforza family.[1][2] The most famous members were: Guglielmo Aldobrandeschi, who lived in the 13th century and is cited by Dante Alighieri as the Gran Tosco ("Grand Tuscan"); Guglielmo's son is also cited in Canto XI of the Purgatorio in the Divine Comedy as an example of a sinner of pride; and Margherita, the last of the Aldobrandeschi of Sovana, who married Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, and passed rule over Soana to her daughter Anastasia and son-in-law, Romano "Romanello" Orsini and their heirs.[1] Media related to House of Aldobrandeschi at Wikimedia CommonsThis biography of a member of a noble house or article about nobility is a stub.
The Aldobrandesca tower set in the Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini of
Santa Fiora
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