Compagnia di San Giorgio
The Compagnia di San Giorgio ("Company of
mercenaries in Italy
during the 14th century.
A first company under this name was founded in 1339 by
Bertram, Patriarch of Aquileia. Lodrisio and his army were defeated in the Battle of Parabiago; some of the survivors ravaged the area until they were crushed by Lodrisio's victorious uncle, Luchino Visconti
.
In 1365 another Visconti, Ambrogio, an illegitimate son of Bernabò Visconti, founded another company with the same name, but it soon vanished. He reformed it in 1372, but two years later it was destroyed in a riot in the Bargamasco, in which Ambrogio himself was killed.
In 1377
Marino in 1379. Later it fought for Charles of Durazzo in his conquest of the Kingdom of Naples
.
References
- ^ ISBN 9781483364667.
Further reading
- Ricotti, Ercole (1844). Storia della compagnie di ventura in Italia (in Italian). Torino: Pomba. ]