Italian Military Leader. The father of Cosimo de Medici, I, He became a mercenary military captain in the employ of Pope Leo X during the early 1500's. He led the war against Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. He thenceforth formed a company of his very own, specializing in devastating skirmishing tactics and ambushes on light horses during the early 1520's. He won battles against several rebel barons in Marche. in 1526 the War of the League of Cognac broke out He was able to hold off and defeat the Landsknechts rearguard at the confluence of the Mincio with the Po River. He was killed by a Falconet in 1526.
Italian Military Leader. The father of Cosimo de Medici, I, He became a mercenary military captain in the employ of Pope Leo X during the early 1500's. He led the war against Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. He thenceforth formed a company of his very own, specializing in devastating skirmishing tactics and ambushes on light horses during the early 1520's. He won battles against several rebel barons in Marche. in 1526 the War of the League of Cognac broke out He was able to hold off and defeat the Landsknechts rearguard at the confluence of the Mincio with the Po River. He was killed by a Falconet in 1526.
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