BAGLIONI, ba-lyo'ne, a historical family of Perugia in Italy. Perugia contained two parties—an aristocratic and a democratic one. The Baglioni belonged to the former. In the 12th century LUDOVICO BAGLIONI was appointed imperial vicar of Perugia by Frederic Bar barossa, who styles Baglioni his relative, as coming, like himself, from the ducal house of Swabia. In 1393, 70 Perugian gentlemen, and among them two Baglionis, were killed in a street fight by the populace, and the whole aristocratic party was expelled from the city. BRACCIO BAGLIONI, in the service of the Pope, defeated Francisco Sforza, near Lodi, in 1453, and was made lord of Spello by Sixtus IV. GIAN PAOLO BAGLIONI began life as a condot tiere; then availing himself of the dissensions of his native state he obtained supreme power over it and made alliance with Pandolfo Pe trucci, ruler of Sienna. He was driven out of Perugia by Cxsar Borgia in 1502. Returning in 1503, after the death of Alexander VI, he was banished again, in 1506, by Julius II. He then entered the service of the Venetians in the war of the league of Cambray. He re sumed his old position as ruler of Perugia in 1513. Here he created so much scandal that Leo X, who at first passed over his usurpa tion, summoned him to Rome, threw him into the castle of Saint Angelo, had him tried and he was beheaded at Rome in 1520. MALATESTA
and ORAZIO, his sons, recovered possession of Perugia after the death of Leo. Orazio turned condottiere in the service of France, and was killed in the Neapolitan expedition of 1528. Malatesta remained in Perugia until 1529, when he was driven out by the Papal and Imperial troops. He died at Perugia in December 1531. In the 16th century ASTORRE BAGLIONI served Charles V in Italy and on the coast of Tunis, and rose high in the favor of Pope Paul III, who restored to him his paternal estates. He then entered the Venetian service, and was governor of Famagosta in Cyprus when the Turks besieged it in 1570. After a brave de fense he was obliged to capitulate on condition of being sent home to Venice with his gar rison. But Mustapha Pasha, disregarding the terms, caused Baglioni and the other Venetian officers to be beheaded.
Another family of the name Baglioni, be longing to Florence, produced several sculptors and architects during the 15th and 16th cen turies. GIOVANNI Bnemont, a native of Rome, was a celebrated art historian and painter.