Brunoro II Zampeschi

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Tomb of Brunoro II Zampeschi

Brunoro II Zampeschi (July 1540 - May 1578) was as an Italian condottiero and lord of Forlimpopoli.[1]

He was born at Forlì, the son of Antonello Zampeschi and Lucrezia Conti. At a young age he married Battistina Savelli, a member of a

Julius III
reintegrated him in his possessions.

In 1556 he began his soldier career, fighting for the Pope against the Bagno family and the Spaniards. In 1562 as a cavalry captain for the

Emmanuel Philibert I of Savoy, to fight against the Huguenots. Later he fought for Venice against the Ottoman Empire in Croatia, Friuli, Veneto and Dalmatia, and was eventually named general governor of Friuli. After a period under Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, he was again hired by Venice, as governor of Candia
.

He has published L'innamorato.[2][3]

In 1557 he returned to Romagna, and died at Forlimpopoli in 1578.

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