- Angelo Acciaioli di Cassano
Agnolo Acciaioli or Acciaiuoli (also called di Cassano; died after 1467) was a Florentine ambassador and politician, a member of the
Acciaioli family.He had inherited his title of Baron of Cassano by his grandfather Donato, but his fiefs in the
Kingdom of Naples were confiscated in 1467. His diplomatic career began inNaples , where he was created knight by Queen Joanna II in 1415. Later he moved to the family's ancestral city, Florence, where he was also created knight and for which he served as ambassador inVenice ,Lucca ,Ferrara and thePope , among the others.In 1448 and 1454 he was elected
Gonfalonier of the Florentine Republic, but his career suffered a serious setback when, together withDiotisalvi Neroni ,Luca Pitti andNiccolò Soderini , he conjured against Piero de' Medici. When the plan was discovered, Acciaioli was exiled toBarletta (1466) and later banned for life.
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