Piero Strozzi
Piero (or Pietro) Strozzi (c. 1510 – 21 June 1558) was an
Biography
Born in Florence, Piero Strozzi was the son of Filippo Strozzi the Younger and Clarice de' Medici.
Although in 1539 he married another Medici, Laudomia di Pierfrancesco, he was a fierce opponent of the main line of that family. He fought in the army led by his father and other Florentine exiles from France to oust the Medici from Florence, but, after their defeat at the Battle of Montemurlo, Piero fled to France at the court of Catherine de' Medici.
He was in French service during the
In 1551 he successfully defended Mirandola against papal troops during the War of Parma. He was named Marshal of France in 1554.
Later he fought in the defence of the
In 1556 he was appointed as superintendent of the
He is generally credited as the inventor of the dragoon military speciality (arquebusiers à cheval or horse arquebusiers).[5]
His son
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Notes and references
- ^ BBC:News:November 27, 2022:Charles V: French scientists decode 500-year-old letter
- ^ Michaud & Poujoulat, Michaud, Joseph Fr; Poujoulat, Jean Joseph François (1839). Nouvelle Collection des memoirs pour server a l'histoire de France. Vol. 6. p. 3.
- ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 158 no. 313: C. S. Knighton & David Loades, Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 96.
- ^ Marcus Merriman, The Rough Wooings (Tuckwell, 2000), pp. 327-330.
- ^ p.102, Fortescue
References
- Fortescue, John William, A History of the British Army, volume I, chapter 2, Macmillan, 1899
Further reading
- Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.