BARTOLOMMEO See also:

• BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI (1400-1475)

COLLEONI (1400-1475)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian soldier of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BERGAMO
• BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)

Bergamo . While he was still a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child his See also:

• FATHER

father was attacked and murdered in his See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Trezzo by Filippo Maria See also:

• VISCONTI

Visconti, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan . After wandering about See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy he entered the service of various condottieri, such as Braccio da Montone and See also:

• CARMAGNOLA
• CARMAGNOLA, FRANCESCO BUSSONE, COUNT OF (1390-1432)

Carmagnola . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-two he was serving the Venetian See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, and although See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco Maria See also:

• GONZAGA
• GONZAGA, THOMAZ ANTONIO (1744-1809)

Gonzaga was See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, See also:

• COLLEONI, BARTOLOMMEO (1400-1475)

Colleoni was the See also:

• LIFE

life and soul of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . He recaptured many towns and districts for See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice from the Milanese, and when Gonzaga went over to the enemy he continued to serve the Venetians under Erasmo da See also:

• NARNI (ane. Umbrian Nequinum, Rom. Narnia)

Narni (known as Gattamelata) and Francesco A . See also:

• SFORZA
• SFORZA, CATERINA (1463-1509)

Sforza, winning battles at See also:

• BRESCIA
• BRESCIA (anc. Brixia)

Brescia, See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona and on the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of See also:

• GARDA, LAKE OF (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans)

Garda . When See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace was made between Milan and Venice in 1441 Colleoni went over to the Milanese, together with Sforza in 1443 . But althoughwell treated at first, he soon See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under the suspicion of the treacherous Visconti and was imprisoned at See also:

• MONZA (locally Monscia)

Monza, where he remained until the duke's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1447 . Milan then fell under the lordship of Sforza, whom Colleoni served for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, but in 1448 he took leave of Sforza and returned to the Venetians . Disgusted at not having been elected See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, he went over to Sforza once more, but Venice could not do without him and by offering him increased emoluments induced him to return, and in 1455 he was appointed captain-general of the republic for life . Although he occasionally fought on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, when Venice was at peace, he remained at the disposal of the republic in time of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war until his death . Colleoni was perhaps the most respectable of all the Italian condottieri, and although he often changed sides, no See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of treachery is imputed to him, nor did he subject the territories he passed through to the rapine and exactions practised by other soldiers of fortune .

When not fighting he devoted his time to introducing agricultural improvements on the vast estates with which the Venetians had endowed him, and to charitable See also:

• WORKS

works . At his death in 1475 he See also:

• LEFT

left a large sum to the republic for the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish war, with a See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request that an equestrian statue of himself should be erected in the Piazza See also:

• SAN

San Marco . The statue was made by Verrocchio, but as no See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was permitted in the famous Piazza it was placed opposite the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of St See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark by way of See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise . See G . M . See also:

• BONOMI, GIUSEPPI (1739-1808)

Bonomi, Il See also:

• CASTELLO, BERNARDO (1557—1629)
• CASTELLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1500 ?–1569 ?)
• CASTELLO, VALERIO (1625-1659)

Castello di Cavernago e i See also:

• CONTI, NICOLO
• CONTI, PRINCES OF

conti Martinengo Colleoni (Bergamo, 1884) ; for an account of his See also:

• WARS

wars see S . Romania, Storia documentata di Venezia, vol. iv . (Venice, 1855), and other histories of Venice . (L .