# Giovanni Bentivogli — The Prince character guide

> Giovanni Bentivogli in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Messer Giovanni, Bentivogli, the Bentivogli, Messer Giovanni Bentivogli, Giovanni Bentivogli

**First appearance:** 0025-xix-that-one-should-avoid-being-despised-and-hated

## Who they are

Ruler of Bologna who lost power due to internal factionalism.

## Relationships

### [Oliverotto da Fermo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/characters/oliverotto_da_fermo)

_rivalry_

Oliverotto murdered Giovanni Bentivogli's relatives and seized power in a violent coup.

## In the story

### [XXV: What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xxv-what-fortune-can-effect-in-human-affairs-and-how-to-withstand-her)

Mentioned as being alive during Julius II's first enterprise against Bologna.

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