Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola (c. 1382 – May 5, 1432), was an Italian condottiero.
Francesco Bussone was born at Carmagnola, near Turin, in a humble peasant family.
He began his military career when twelve years old under Facino Cane, a condottiero then in the service of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke of Milan.
On the death of the former his duchy was divided among his captains, but his son and heir, Filippo Maria, determined ...
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Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola (c. 1382 – May 5, 1432), was an Italian condottiero.
Francesco Bussone was born at Carmagnola, near Turin, in a humble peasant family.
He began his military career when twelve years old under Facino Cane, a condottiero then in the service of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke of Milan.
On the death of the former his duchy was divided among his captains, but his son and heir, Filippo Maria, determined to reconquer it by force of arms. Facino Cane being dead, Visconti applied to Carmagnola, then in his thirtieth year, and gave him command of the army. That general's success was astonishingly rapid, and soon the whole duchy was brought once more under Visconti's sway. But Filippo Maria, although he rewarded Carmagnola generously, feared that he might become a danger to himself, and instead of giving him further military commands made him governor of Genoa.
Carmagnola felt greatly aggrieved, and failing to obtain a personal interview with the...
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