Iacopo III Appiani
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Iacopo III Appiani was Prince of Piombino
Principality of Piombino
The Principality of Piombino was a state of Italy, which existed from 1399 to 1805, when Napoleon absorbed it into the Principality of Lucca and Piombino...

 of the Appiani dynasty in the Renaissance.

He was born in Piombino
Piombino
Piombino is an Italian town and comune of circa 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno . It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma.-Overview:...

, the illegitimate son of Emanuele Appiani
Emanuele Appiani
Iacopo III Appiani was Prince of Piombino of the Appiani dynasty in the Renaissance.He was born in Pisa, the son of Iacopo I Appiani, and followed his brother Gherardo to Piombino when he became lord of the Tuscan city...

. Despite his reduced finances, he was a patron of the arts: people he housed in his coutr include the architect Andrea Guardi, which, in 1465–1470, executed a large urbanistic and architectonical renewal of Piombino.

He died at Piombino in 1474, being succeeded by his son Iacopo.

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