# Pandolfo Petrucci — The Prince character guide

> Pandolfo Petrucci in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pandolfo Petrucci, Pandolfo

**First appearance:** 0029-xxiii-how-flatterers-should-be-avoided

## Who they are

Ruler of Siena who maintained power through cunning and manipulation.

## Relationships

### [The Prince](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/characters/the_prince)

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Pandolfo Petrucci is discussed as a ruler who maintained power through cunning and manipulation.

## In the story

### [XX: Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xx-are-fortresses-and-many-other-things-to-which-princes-often-resort-advantageous-or-hurtful)

Prince of Siena who ruled more by those who had been distrusted than by others, illustrating the value of winning over former enemies.

### [XXII: Concerning the Secretaries of Princes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xxii-concerning-the-secretaries-of-princes)

Prince of Siena, cited as an example of a wise ruler who chose a capable and faithful servant, Messer Antonio da Venafro.

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