Uberto Alberti

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{{Quote|As Gonfaloniere it is my duty to ensure that the city of Firenze remains a shining beacon of justice. Corruption and its ilk shall find no purchase here so long as I am in control.|Uberto Alberti, on his role as Florence's ''Gonfaloniere'', 1476.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = UbertoAlbertiDatabaseRender.png
|birth = 1416
|death = 31 December 1476 [[Florence]], {{Wiki|Republic of Florence}}
|affiliates = [[House of Medici]] [[House of Auditore]] [[House of Pazzi]] [[Assassins]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|''Renaissance'']]
|voice = [[Michel Perron]]}}
'''Uberto Alberti''' (1416 – 1476) was the ''Gonfaloniere'' of [[Florence]] during the [[Renaissance]], and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Despite his reluctance, Uberto turned against his former allies [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]].

Before his defection, Uberto was close friends with [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], though he personally authorized the arrest and execution of Giovanni and his family by order of the Templar [[Grand Master]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], in exchange for the promises of his own family's financial wellbeing.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|According to the history books, this guy was a saint.|[[Shaun Hastings]], regarding Uberto Alberti.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Uberto Alberti lived in Florence for most of his life, and was a well-known and respected lawyer, with a majority of the prosecutions he made being successful, despite the fact that his legal skills were entirely self-taught. During his time as a lawyer, the [[House of Medici|Medici]] bank evicted his family, which made him thirst for revenge against the Medici family.

From this resentment, he came into contact with the Templars, who promised to give him what he desired in exchange for his cooperation. With this, Uberto agreed, and secretly conspired with them after his election in the Signoria, to which he began making ties with the Medici to gain Lorenzo's trust.

===Working with the Medici===
Uberto advised both Giovanni and Lorenzo on certain matters, and was involved in an interrogation of one of Rodrigo Borgia's men regarding the pre-planned [[assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]. He was put in charge of decoding a letter Giovanni had intercepted in [[Venice]], though after it was deciphered by [[Antonio Maffei]], Uberto disposed of it as part of his agreement.

Uberto then had a copy of the letter created in its pre-deciphered state. From there, he then passed on the letter to Giovanni and had him deliver it to [[Rome]], in the Assassin's hopes of following the conspirator's trail. After the near escape of Rodrigo Borgia from Giovanni in Rome, Uberto was among those called to a meeting held by the Spaniard. Taking part alongside the other Templars, Uberto was informed that Giovanni had to be disposed of in order for their plans to succeed.

===Auditore execution===
{{Quote|In the absence of any compelling evidence to the contrary, I am bound to pronounce you guilty.|Uberto to Giovanni.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Some time later, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] stumbled upon Uberto in Giovanni's office, where his father and the Gonfaloniere were conversing about something urgent; Ezio was dismissed by Giovanni before he could understand their discussion. Soon after, Uberto warranted the arrest of Giovanni, Federico, Petruccio, and Ezio for the crime of treason. However, Ezio was running errands for his father when the guards arrived and therefore managed to evade arrest. After visiting Giovanni in prison, Ezio was ordered to deliver a letter to Uberto containing incriminating evidence of the conspiracy against the Medici family.

[[File:LMS 1 v.png|thumb|250px|left|Uberto at the Auditore execution]]
Once Ezio arrived, Uberto asked the young Florentine noble if he would like to stay at his house, presumably with the intent of murdering him, though Ezio declined. Moments before Ezio left, he caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure, who was in fact Rodrigo Borgia – the man behind the events that were yet to come.

Afterwards, on the day of the execution at the [[Piazza della Signoria]], Giovanni angrily reminded Uberto of the evidence that had been given to him by Ezio which proved his family innocent, though Uberto purposely claimed that he had no recollection of such evidence, before sentencing the three to death.

At the sight of their demise, Ezio ran towards the stage with his sword, claiming that he would kill Uberto for what he had done, but a [[Brutes|Brute]] [[Guards|guard]] disarmed him before he was able to get close enough. However, on the urging of some of Giovanni's friends, a [[Thieves|thief]] and a [[Courtesans|courtesan]], Ezio fled from the scene.

Upon his escape from the guards, Ezio met up with the Auditore housemaid [[Annetta]], who directed him to go to her sister's house, near to the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore|Duomo]]. Once there, Annetta's sister, [[Paola]], taught Ezio the skills necessary to elude attention and assassinate Uberto, and kept his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]] safe until he had managed to do so.

===Death===
{{Dialogue|Uberto|You would have done the same, to save the ones you love.|Ezio|Yes, I would. And I have.|Uberto's final moments, 1476.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:JJE 3 v.png|thumb|250px|Ezio killing Uberto in a fit of rage]]
After a few days of training Ezio, Paola had her courtesans track down Uberto's location so that Ezio's act of vengeance could take place. Following this, Ezio followed Uberto to the [[Basilica of Santa Croce|Santa Croce]] cloister, where he was attending an art exhibition of [[Andrea del Verrocchio]].

On his way there, Uberto conversed with Lorenzo de' Medici about the executions, and subsequently insulted him. After Ezio had evaded the guards patrolling the courtyard of Santa Croce, Uberto spoke with various attending nobles, who lauded him for the executions. Afterwards, Uberto noticed Ezio approaching, but was too shocked to call the guards.

Seizing the opportunity, Ezio brutally killed Uberto with the [[Hidden Blade]], stabbing him multiple times in the chest. Accompanying this, Ezio avenged his father and brothers' death, and proclaimed to everyone in attendance that the Auditore were not dead, with himself being alive and that his family's legacy lived on through him.

==Personality and characteristics==
Uberto was a confident man whose belief in himself and his power bolstered on becoming an ally of the Templars. Even so, all of his actions were manipulated by Rodrigo Borgia, who promised Uberto the wealth that he required to keep his family secure.

Because of this, Uberto carried out any of Rodrigo's demands, never defying him, even when he was asked to execute his close friend's family. However, Uberto kept his true allegiances to himself, never sharing it with the family he loved and cared for, in the hope that the cost for keeping them safe outweighed his guilt for his betrayal.

==Trivia==
*According to the [[Animus]] [[database]], Uberto was not a Templar. However, Mario Auditore identified him as one when pressed by his nephew.
*During Uberto's database video, it could be seen that four ropes hung on the gallows in front of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], instead of the three shown in-game. Presumably, this fourth rope was meant for Ezio. The same picture has the Auditore family in a different order, wearing slightly different clothes, hung above the stage, not dropped below it.
*In the memory [[Well Executed]] in [[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Achievements|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]], Uberto is indirectly mentioned by Ezio when he told the man who lost his wife how he had lost his family yo treachery.
*In the non-canonical [[Assassin's Creed II (mobile game)|mobile adaptation]] of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', his profession is described only as a judge and not as the ''Gonfalioniere'' of Florence. Ezio Auditore does not hunt him until 1486, and his assassination occurs in Venice instead. While Uberto is riding on a [[gondola]] with an escort of guards, Ezio chases after him by running down a walkway parallel to the canal, eventually using a [[grappling hook]] to propel himself above Uberto from which he then air assassinates him.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
CU UbertoAlberti.jpg|Original concept art of Uberto Alberti
Screen shot 5.png|Uberto in ''Lineage''
Screen shot 2.10.png|Uberto with Antonio Maffei
Screen shot 2.9.png|Uberto reading the courier's letter
Screen shot 2.12.png|Uberto with Giovanni and Lorenzo
Intro Uberto v.png|Uberto meeting Ezio
LMS 10 v.png|Uberto with Rodrigo Borgia
JJE 2 v.png|Uberto arguing with Lorenzo on the way to Santa Croce
JJE 4 v.png|Uberto's final moments
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
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French Navy

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The '''French Navy''', officially the '''''Marine nationale''''' (English: ''National Navy''), is the [[Ships|naval]] branch of the [[French Armed Forces]].

==History==
===Atlantic slave trade===
During the 1730s, the French Navy in the [[Caribbean]] played a significant part in policing the [[Slavery|slave trade]] out of [[Port-au-Prince]]. As a result, a large number of French [[Ships|vessels]] were sunk by the vessel ''[[Experto Crede]]'', captained by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] and ally of the [[Maroon rebellion]], [[Adéwalé]], who had also previously sunk a French Treasure Fleet commanded by a [[Templar Admiral (1735)|Templar admiral]].<ref name="FC">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]] - [[Freedom Cry]]''</ref>

===Seven Years' War===
During the [[Seven Years' War]], the French Navy was allied with the [[Colonial Assassins]], who helped them to secure control over the North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] while fighting the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]]. Two of the French Navy's most powerful ships controlled the North Atlantic, the ''[[Couronne]]'' and the ''[[Formidable]]'', but the Royal Navy [[Privateers|privateer]] and [[Templars|Templar]], [[Shay Cormac]], managed to sink these ships and cripple their naval power with his ship, ''[[Morrigan]]''. This was instrumental to France's defeat in the war that culminated in the British annexation of New France.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

In June 1759, the French Navy defended the [[Fortress of Louisbourg]], then under the command of [[wikipedia:Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour|Augustin de Boschenry, Chevalier de Drucour]], when it was [[Siege of Louisbourg|beset]] by the Royal Navy. Despite the assistance of the Assassin [[Adéwalé]] at the helm of the ''Experto Crede'', the French failed to relieve the siege, decimated as they were by the [[HMS Pembroke|HMS ''Pembroke'']] piloted by Shay Cormac. Late that same year, the French sent their navy to directly strike at mainland Britain, but their fleet was crushed on 20 November at the [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]] by Shay Cormac yet again, losing another powerful ship, the ''Formidable'' in the process.<ref name="ACRG" />

===American Revolutionary War===
In 1776, before [[France]] openly joined the [[American Revolutionary War]], the French Navy secretly transported supplies for the [[Continental Army]] with ships repainted and renamed to appear [[Spain|Spanish]]. One of these ships, ''[[La Belladonna]]'', was escorted through the [[Caribbean Sea]] by the [[USS Randolph|USS ''Randolph'']] before being abandoned. The ''[[Aquila]]'' resumed her escort and defended her when [[Nicholas Biddle]] alerted a British [[Man O' War]] to her location.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

Two years later, General [[John Sullivan]] caused a scandal when he wrote a letter criticizing the French's withdrawal at the {{Wiki|Battle of Rhode Island}}. The [[Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassins]]' leader, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], sent his [[Assassin apprentices|recruits]] to convince [[Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing|Admiral d'Estaing]] to ignore Sullivan's comments.

In 1781, the ''Aquila'' aided the French against the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Battle of the Chesapeake]]. In return, Connor asked [[François-Joseph Paul de Grasse|Admiral de Grasse]] to send a fleet, disguised as British ships, to bombard [[New York City|New York]]'s militarized district, allowing him to infiltrate [[Fort George]] and assassinate [[Charles Lee]].<ref name="AC3" />

==Notable ships==
*''[[Couronne]]''
*''[[Formidable]]''
*''[[L'Amazone]]''
*''[[La Belladonna]]''
*''[[Vautour]] ''
*''Duc'd Orleans''
*''Saint Phillipe''
*''Monarque''
*''Soleil Royal''
*''Dauphin-Royal''
*''Amphiritte''
*''Aurore''
*''Atalante''
*Belle Poule
*Graciuse
*Hermione
*Topaze
*Blanche
*Sultane
*Pallas

==References==
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[[Category:French Armed Forces]]

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Uberto Alberti

French Navy