Corrado III Trinci

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Corrado III (or IV) Trinci (died June 14, 1441) was lord of Foligno from 1421 until 1439.

The son of Ugolino III Trinci, he initially reigned together with his brothers Niccolò and Bartolomeo, until they were both assassinated, together with much of his family, by the castellan of Nocera Umbra. Corrado his revenge attacking the town and killing the castellan.

Corrado was initially a fierce enemy of the Pope, being renowned for his attitude to plunder monasteries. Attacked by Francesco I Sforza, he obtained by Pope Martin V the vicar title in Foligno and Nocera Umbra and was sent to recapture Perugia, held by Oddo Fortebracci. In 1428, however, he again rebelled against the Church.

This lasted until 1435, but in the reconciliation he maintained Montefalco. When Trinci favoured the rebellion of Piero Tomacelli in Spoleto, Pope Eugene IV sent Cardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi to destroy him. Besieged in Foligno in 1439, he was betrayed by the population and he was taken prisoner. He died in the castle of Soriano, strangled together with his two sons.

[edit] References

• Dorio (1638). Istoria della famiglia Trinci. 

Preceded by Ugolino

Lord of Foligno 1415-1439 Together with Niccolò and Bartolomeo until 1421

To the Papal States