Background
He was born in Faenza, the son of Gian Galeazzo I Manfredi, and inherited his lands in Romagna, ruling first in association with his brother, Carlo, and later alone.
captain of the Republic of Florence
He was born in Faenza, the son of Gian Galeazzo I Manfredi, and inherited his lands in Romagna, ruling first in association with his brother, Carlo, and later alone.
He was also a condottiero. From 1439 he was also lord of Imola and Modigliana. The following year he remarried with Agnese, daughter of Guidantonio I da Montefeltro, lord of Urbino.
As a condottiero, he was captain of the Republic of Florence in 1430 and of Francesco I Sforza in 1433.
He died at Bagni di Petriolo.