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Martin V

His election at the Council of Constance ended the Great Western Schism. His return to Rome began the political reconstruction of the Papal States.

c. 1368 – 1431PopeColonna · ES
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Portrait of Martin V
Posthumous portraitMartin VVenetian school, after Pisanello · Fifteenth centuryGalleria Colonna, RomePublic domain · PDM 1.0 · Source

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Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1368 Approximate

Death: 20 February 1431 Documented

Role: Pope

Dynasty: Colonna · ES

Territories: Papal States (ES)

Recorded governments and reigns
Pope · Papal States · Pontificate Pending review1417–1431Effective rule
Family network

Recorded relationships

Parents
Agapito Colonna · ESPending reviewCaterina Conti · ESPending review
Documentation

Sources for this profile

Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.

Evidence for this profile

5 recorded claims · 4 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (1/2 with a precise source)
Family and relationships (0/2 with a precise source)
  • FatherPending review

    Agapito Colonna

    A precise source has not yet been added.
    No individual review recorded ·
  • MotherPending review

    Caterina Conti

    A precise source has not yet been added.
    No individual review recorded ·
Governments (0/1 with a precise source)
  • GovernmentPending review

    Pope · Papal States · 1417–1431

    A precise source has not yet been added.
    No individual review recorded ·
Biographical and contextual references (3)
Editorial history
  • 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
  • 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.

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