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Individuals

di Fronte, Fronte di Piero di Fronte di Piero di Fronte

Birth Family	di Fronte
Gender	male
Age at Death	49
Database ID	5276

Life Dates

circa 1370 (date is approximate) a	birth
before April 15th, 1419	death

Employments (1 total)

circa 1391 (date is approximate) to circa 1418 (date is approximate)

Posts (3 total)

Office	Government	Date
priore (prior) Together with the <i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</i> the priors constituted the Signoria, Florence's principal executive magistracy. Legislation was initiated by the Signoria in consultation with the two advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>). Their number changed over time but was established at eight after 1343, with two representatives per quarter. The officeholders, collectively known as <i>signori</i>, were assisted by a notary (<i>notaio della Signoria</i>). Serving in the priorate was the highest honor a family could achieve in Republican Florence. Online Tratte Code: 8	Tre Maggiori	November 1st, 1401 to December 31st, 1401
buonuomo (good man (Twelve)) A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter. Online Tratte Code: 12	Tre Maggiori	June 15th, 1406 to September 14th, 1406
console, Arte della Lana (consul, Wool Guild) One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern). Online Tratte Code: 24	Major Guild	September 1st, 1417 to December 31st, 1417

Related Individuals (2 total)

son of di Fronte, Piero di Fronte di Piero di Fronte
father of di Fronte, Antonio di Fronte di Piero di Fronte di Piero

Extended Family (4 total)

Siblings	di Fronte, Antonio di Piero di Fronte di Piero di Fronte
Grandparents	di Fronte, Fronte di Piero di Fronte
Great grandparents	di Fronte, Piero di Fronte
Great great grandparents	di Fronte, Fronte (pater familias)

Related Groups (1 total)

Arte della Lana

circa 1391 (date is approximate) to circa 1418 (date is approximate)

Locations (1 total)

Carro, S. Croce, Florence

circa 1391 (date is approximate) to circa 1418 (date is approximate)

Sources (2 total)

ASF, Manoscritti, 251, Priorista Mariani IV	fol. 976
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 45938–72, 117571, 301155, 301238

Notes

[a] Fronte was too young to be elected to the Sixteen in 1400 but old enough to be seated as prior in 1401.