Facino Cane

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Facino Cane da Casale (1360 – 16 May 1412), born Bonifacio Cane, was an Italian condottiero.

Biography

Facino Cane was born in

Marquess of Montferrat for the Visconti of Milan in the early 1360s.[1][2][3][4]

Facino trained in the military arts by fighting under

Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat, with 400 knights, in his war against the House of Savoy.[5]

Facino's aim in wars was almost exclusively the enrichment of himself and his soldiers, resulting in continued savage acts of ruthlessness and cruelties against the population. This led Theodore, too, to dismiss Facino in 1397, and the condottiero returned to service with the Carraresi of Padua and then, in 1401, with the Visconti of Milan. By this time, Facino appears to have increased his wealth and following by marrying Beatrice, the daughter of a cousin, Ruggero Cane [it], who had been a captain in the service of the Visconti.[6][7] In 1399 Facino received a small lordship centred on Borgo San Martino from the Marquis of Montferrat, before passing definitively into Visconti service, in which he was rewarded with greater lordship. By 1404 his personal dominions included Alessandria, Novara and Tortona.[8]

After the deaths of Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti in 1402 and of his widow Caterina Visconti in 1404, Facino largely assumed the effective control of the Duchy of Milan for their young sons Gian Maria Visconti, the new duke of Milan, and Filippo Maria Visconti, the ruler of Pavia. On 24 January 1406, Facino was invested as Count of Biandrate by Filippo Maria Visconti, in the presence of the Marquess of Montferrat.[1][9][10] The new count of Biandrate was subsequently occupied with the Visconti's conflict with the Malatesta. In January 1412, Facino set out on a campaign against Pandolfo III Malatesta of Fano. Despite initial success, Facino suffered from an acute attack of gout and had to be carried back to Pavia. As Facino lay dying, Duke Gian Maria Visconti was murdered at Milan; one of Facino's last acts is said to have been to urge all to swear loyalty to Filippo Maria as his brother's successors.[1][11]

Facino died at Pavia on 16 May 1412, leaving no children. His widow Beatrice married Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, who therefore inherited the cities, the treasure and the soldiers of Facino. Facino's younger brother Filippino inherited the County of Biandrate.[1][12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dizionario biografico, V. 17 1974.
  2. ^ Piano 2012, p. 4.
  3. ^ Covini 2014, p. 111.
  4. ^ Romanoni 2014, pp. 53–56.
  5. ^ Piano 2012, pp. 4–6.
  6. ^ Piano 2012, pp. 6–9.
  7. ^ Romanoni 2014, p. 58.
  8. ^ Piano 2012, pp. 9–20.
  9. ^ Piano 2012, pp. 21–24.
  10. ^ Covini 2014, p. 106.
  11. ^ Piano 2012, pp. 24–33.
  12. ^ Piano 2012, pp. 33.
  13. ^ Covini 2014, pp. 110–111.

Sources

  • "CANE, Facino". Dizionario biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 17. Calvart - Canefri. Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana. 1974.
    OCLC 679299013, 159883309
    – via Treccani, il portale del sapere.
  • Covini, Maria Nadia (2014). "La compagnia di Facino: formazione, crescita, successi". In Del Bo, Beatrice; Settia, Aldo A. (eds.). Facino Cane: predone, condottiero e politico (in Italian). Milano: Franco Angeli. pp. 105–121.
    OCLC 997453230
    – via Academia.edu.
  • Piano, Pierluigi, ed. (March 2012). "Facino Cane" (PDF). marchesimonferrato.it (in Italian). Alessandria, Italia: Circolo Culturale "I Marchesi del Monferrato".
  • Romanoni, Fabio (2014). "I Cane di Casale: origine e sviluppo di una consorteria urbana". In Del Bo, Beatrice; Settia, Aldo A. (eds.). Facino Cane: predone, condottiero e politico (in Italian). Milano: Franco Angeli. pp. 45–64.
    OCLC 997453230
    – via Academia.edu.

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