Agnolo Acciaioli or Acciaiuoli (also called di Cassano; died after 1467) was a Florentine

Republic of Florence

The Republic of Florence , or the Florentine Republic, was a city-state that was centered on the city of Florence, located in modern Tuscany, Italy. The republic was founded in 1115, when the Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon Margravine Matilda's death. The...

 ambassador and politician, a member of the Acciaioli family.

He had inherited his title of Baron of Cassano by his grandfather Donato, but his fiefs in the Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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 were confiscated in 1467. His diplomatic career began in Naples

Naples

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, where he was created knight by Queen Joanna II in 1415. Later he moved to the family's ancestral city, Florence, where he was also created knight and for which he served as ambassador in Venice

Venice

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, Lucca

Lucca

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, Ferrara

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 and the Pope

Pope

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, among the others.

In 1448 and 1454 he was elected Gonfalonier

Gonfaloniere of Justice

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 of the Florentine Republic, but his career suffered a serious setback when, together with Diotisalvi Neroni

Diotisalvi Neroni

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, Luca Pitti

Luca Pitti

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 and Niccolò Soderini, he conspired against Piero de' Medici

Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

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. When the plan was discovered, Acciaioli was exiled to Barletta

Barletta

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 (1466) and later banned for life. His daughter Laudomia Acciaioli married Pierfrancesco the Elder.