Bartolomeo Colleoni
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Bartolomeo Colleoni (Italian pronunciation: captain-general of the Republic of Venice. Colleoni "gained reputation as the foremost tactician and disciplinarian of the 15th century".[1] He is also credited with having refurbished the Roman baths at Trescore Balneario.
Biography
Background
Verrocchio
in VeniceColleoni was born in
Guelphs by the Visconti of Milan. Bartolomeo's father Paolo Colleoni had seized the castle of Trezzo, until he was assassinated by his cousins, probably acting on the orders of Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
.
Career
The young Colleoni trained as a soldier, first in the retinue of Filippo d'Arcello, the new master of
Queen Joan II and taking Alfonso's cause, then that of Carmagnola. After the latter was put to death in Venice (1432), Colleoni entered the direct service of the Venetian Republic, which represented the major phase of his career.[2]
Although
Lake of Garda.[2]
When peace was made between Milan and Venice in 1441, Colleoni joined the Milanese, together with Sforza, in 1443. Although well treated at first, Colleoni soon fell under the Visconti's suspicion and was imprisoned at
emoluments, the Venetians induced him to return in 1453, and in 1455 he was appointed captain-general of the Republic of Venice for life. Although he occasionally fought on his own account when Venice was at peace, he remained at the disposal of the republic in time of war until his death.[2]
Retirement
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He set his residence in the
equestrian statue of himself should be erected in the Piazza San Marco. The statue was modelled by Andrea del Verrocchio and cast in bronze after his death by Alessandro Leopardi, but, as no monument was permitted in the piazza, it was placed near the Scuola Grande of St Mark outside the Church of SS Giovanni e Paolo.[2]
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
In 1930, the Italian Regia Marina named a new cruiser of the Condottieri class after Colleoni.
References
- ^ Websters New Biographical Dictionary 1983 Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., p. 223
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Villari, Luigi (1911). "Colleoni, Bartolommeo". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 687. This cites:
- G. M. Bonomi, Il Castello di Cavernago e i conti Martinengo Colleoni (Bergamo, 1884)
- For an account of his wars see S. Romanin, Storia documentata di Venezia, vol. iv. (Venice, 1855), and other histories of Venice
Footnotes
- Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Rome: Newton Compton.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bartolomeo Colleoni.
- Page at the Italian history chronology website (in Italian)
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