condottiero

C7769
concept

A condottiero is a professional military leader or mercenary captain, particularly in Renaissance Italy, who commanded troops under contract for city-states, princes, or the papacy.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
condottiero canonical 30
Italian condottiero 8
mercenary captain 3

Instances (43)

Instance Via concept surface
Ludovico II of Saluzzo
Francesco Sforza
Strozzi family
surface form: Filippo Strozzi the Younger
Italian condottiero
Colonna family
surface form: Prospero Colonna
Colonna
surface form: Prospero Colonna
Italian condottiero
Fabrizio Colonna
Girolamo Riario
Xenias of Parrhasia mercenary general
Socrates of Achaea mercenary commander
d'Alviano
surface form: Bartolomeo d'Alviano
Italian condottiero
Falkes de Bréauté mercenary captain
William of Hauteville
Francesco II Gonzaga
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio Italian condottiero
Niccolò di Pitigliano
House of Frundsberg
surface form: Georg von Frundsberg
Landsknecht leader
Giovanni Giustiniani
Fernando d’Avalos, Marquis of Pescara
Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto
Serbelloni
surface form: Gabrio Serbelloni
Italian condottiero
Serbelloni family
surface form: Gabrio Serbelloni
Italian condottiero
Piero Strozzi
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Sforza
surface form: Francesco I Sforza
Castruccio Castracani
Giacomo Boncompagni
Martin Schwartz mercenary captain
Niccolò Piccinino
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
Lucia da Torsano
surface form: Francesco Sforza
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
Muzio Attendolo Sforza
Prospero Colonna
Matteo I Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Bartolomeo d'Alviano
Georg von Frundsberg Landsknecht leader
Trivulzio family
surface form: Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
Francesco Ferrucci
Malatesta Baglioni
Roger de Flor mercenary commander
Owain Lawgoch mercenary captain
Bartolomeo Colleoni