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Paolo Guinigi

1372–1432 · 15th century

Paolo Guinigi was lord of Lucca from 1400 to 1430, from the city's leading merchant family. He ruled as signore behind the outward forms of the republic and commissioned the tomb of his wife Ilaria del Carretto from Jacopo della Quercia. He was overthrown in 1430 during a Florentine attack and died a prisoner in Pavia in 1432.

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Republic of Lucca

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