Martino della Torre
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Martino della Torre | |
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| Ruler of Milan | |
| Reign | 1259–1263 |
| Died | 20 November 1263 Lodi, Lombardy |
| Buried | Abbazia di Chiaravalle |
| Noble family | Della Torre |
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| Father | Jacopo della Torre |
Martino della Torre (died 1263) was an Italian condottiero and statesman.
Martino della Torre was a son of Jacopo della Torre and a nephew of Pagano I, who established the power of the della Torre family (also known as Torriani) in Milan. In 1241, he opposed the nomination as podestà of the city of Paolo da Soresina, and married one of da Soresina's sisters, with whom he had no children.[1]
Career
Leader of the popular party, in 1259, he was elected in the Council of the Elder, but when he abused his power, the ousted nobles called the Ghibelline leader Ezzelino III da Romano to fight him. The latter was defeated at Cassano d'Adda by the Guelph league led by Martino and Oberto Pallavicino: della Torre obtained the estates of Lodi, Como, Vercelli, and Bergamo.
He subsequently struggled against the election of Ottone Visconti as archbishop of Milan by Pope Urban IV, but ended up succeeding. After defeating the allies of the Visconti, he received the ruler of Novara.
