Editing Condottiero (section)

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{{Main|List of condottieri}}
[[File:BartholomaeusColleoni1566-69.png|thumb|[[Bartolomeo Colleoni]] defeated the French at [[Battle of Bosco Marengo|Bosco Marengo]] (1447).]]
[[File:Velazquez-The Surrender of Breda.jpg|thumb|[[Ambrogio Spinola]], one of the last examples of the condottieri tradition]]
[[File:Farinata.jpg|thumb|[[Farinata degli Uberti]] by [[Andrea del Castagno]], showing a 15th-century condottiero's typical attire]]

The following is a list of famous Italian mercenary captains:

* [[Roger de Flor]] ({{circa|1268–1305}})
* [[Malatesta da Verucchio]] (1212–1312)
* [[Castruccio Castracani]], Lord of [[Lucca]] (1281–1328)
* [[Cangrande della Scala]] (1291–1329)
* [[Fra' Moriale|Montréal d'Albarno]] ({{circa|1315–1354}})
* [[Walter VI of Brienne]] ({{circa|1304–1356}})
* [[Konrad von Landau]] (died 22 April 1363)
* [[Albert Sterz]] (executed 1366)
* [[John Hawkwood]] (Giovanni Acuto, {{circa|1320–1394}})
* [[Giovanni Ordelaffi]] from [[Forlì]] (1355–1399)
* [[Astorre I Manfredi]] (1345–1405)
* [[Alberico da Barbiano]] (1344–1409)
* [[Johann II (Habsburg-Laufenburg)]] ({{circa|1330–1380}})
* [[Facino Cane|Facino Cane de Casale]] ({{circa|1360–1412}})
* [[Angelo Tartaglia|Angelo Broglio da Lavello]], also known as ''Tartaglia'' (1350 or 1370–1421)
* Andrea Fortebracci, better known as [[Braccio da Montone]] (1368–1424)
* [[Muzio Sforza|Muzio Attendolo]], also called [[Sforza]] (Strong) (1369–1424)
* [[Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola]] (1390–1432)
* [[Giovanni Vitelleschi]] (died 1440)
* [[Erasmo da Narni]], also known as ''Gattamelata'' (1370–1443)
* [[Niccolò Piccinino]] (1380–1444)
* [[Micheletto Attendolo]] (Muzio Attendolo's cousin or nephew, {{circa|1390}} – {{circa|1451}})
* [[Francesco Sforza]] (1401–1466)
* [[Onorata Rodiani]] (1403–1452)
* [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]] (1417–1468)
* [[Bartolomeo Colleoni]] ({{circa|1400–1475}})
* [[Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona]] (1418–1487)
* [[Federico III da Montefeltro]] (1422–1482)
* [[Francesco Alidosi]] (1455–1511)
* [[Vitellozzo Vitelli]] (1458–1502)
* [[Oliverotto Euffreducci]] (1475–1502)
* [[Niccolò di Pitigliano]] (died 1510)
* [[Ettore Fieramosca]] (1479–1515)
* [[Cesare Borgia]] (1475–1507)
* [[Prospero Colonna]] (1452–1523)
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (1455–1515)
* [[Mercurio Bua]] (1478–1542)
* [[Gian Giacomo Trivulzio]] ({{circa|1441–1518}})
* [[Giovanni dalle Bande Nere]] (1498–1526)
* [[Piero Strozzi]] (c. 1510–1558)

Some of the most famous battles in which they were involved are :

* [[Battle of Montecatini]] (1315)
* [[Battle of Parabiago]] (1339) – [[Lodrisio Visconti]]'s "Company of St. George", for [[Verona]], against [[Luchino Visconti (died 1349)|Luchino Visconti]] and Ettore da Panigo for [[Duchy of Milan|Milan]]
* [[Battle of Cascina]] (1364)
* [[War of the Eight Saints]] (1375–1378)
** Cesena Bloodbath (1377) – [[Papal States|Papal]] and [[Duchy of Brittany|Breton]] mercenaries under [[John Hawkwood]] slaughtered more than 2,000 citizens of [[Cesena]]
*Battle of Marino (1379) - Papal mercenaries under Alberico da Barbiano defeat Breton and French mercenaries under the anti-Pope
* [[Battle of Castagnaro]] (1387) – [[Giovanni Ordelaffi]] for Verona, against John Hawkwood for [[Padova]]
* [[Battle of Casalecchio]] (1402) – [[Alberico da Barbiano]] for Milan against [[Muzio Attendolo]] and others for the Bolognese-Florentine League
* [[Battle of Motta (1412)]] 
* [[Battle of Sant'Egidio]] (1416) – [[Braccio da Montone]] for himself against [[Carlo I Malatesta]] for [[Perugia]]
* [[Battle of Maclodio]] (1427) – [[Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola|Count of Carmagnola]] for [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] against Carlo I Malatesta for Milan
* [[Battle of San Romano]] (1432) – [[Niccolò da Tolentino]] for [[Republic of Florence|Florence]] against [[Francesco Piccinino]] for [[Republic of Siena|Siena]]
* [[Battle of Anghiari (1440)]] – [[Niccolò Piccinino]] for Milan against Florence, the Papal States, and Venice under [[Micheletto Attendolo]]
* [[Battle of Bosco Marengo]] (1447) 
* [[Battle of Molinella]] (1467)
* [[Battle of Crevola]] (1487) 
*[[Battle of Calliano (1487)]]
* [[Battle of Agnadello]] (1509) – [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] for Venice against [[Kingdom of France|France]] and the Italian League
* [[Battle of Marciano]] (1554) – [[Gian Giacomo Medici]] for Florence and the Holy Roman Empire against [[Piero Strozzi]] for Siena and France
* [[Wars of Castro]] (1641–1649) – between Pope [[Pope Urban VIII|Urban VIII]] and his successor [[Pope Innocent X|Innocent X]], and the [[Duchy of Parma and Piacenza|Parma]]