Count Ugolino

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Italian nobleman Pisan nobleman historical figure politician

Count Ugolino is a historical Pisan nobleman infamous for betraying his city and later being imprisoned and starved to death with his sons, whose tragic story is immortalized in Dante Alighieri’s Inferno.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ugolino	1
Count Ugolino della Gherardesca	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian nobleman ⓘ Pisan nobleman ⓘ historical figure ⓘ politician ⓘ
associatedWith	cannibalism legend ⓘ
birthPlace	Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Guelph–Ghibelline conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ internal political struggles in Pisa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Italy ⓘ Republic of Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs	traitor to his city ⓘ
event	imprisonment in the Torre della Muda ⓘ
hasChild	Anselmuccio NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaddo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nino Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ Uguccione NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReputation	infamous ⓘ
inspiredWork	paintings by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ⓘ sculptures and paintings titled "Ugolino and His Sons" ⓘ
legacy	subject of numerous artworks and literary works ⓘ symbol of treachery in Italian cultural memory ⓘ
literaryAppearance	Inferno, Canto XXXIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	starvation ⓘ
memberOf	Gherardesca family NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Count Ugolino NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugolino della Gherardesca NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Count ⓘ
notableFor	appearance in Dante Alighieri’s Inferno ⓘ betrayal of Pisa ⓘ imprisonment and death by starvation ⓘ
opponent	Archbishop Ruggieri degli Ubaldini NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDetention	Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Torre della Muda NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Guelph NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedIn	Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Inferno by Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	captain of the people of Pisa ⓘ podestà of Pisa ⓘ political leader in Pisa ⓘ
punishedInAfterlife	Antenora ⓘ Cocytus NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ
relative	Nino Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeInLiterature	betrayal ⓘ paternal suffering ⓘ political treachery ⓘ
timePeriod	13th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inferno → featuresCharacter → Count Ugolino ⓘ

Field Work → hasPoem → Count Ugolino ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ugolino