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Luigi dal Verme (c. 1390 – 1449), also known as Alvise dal Verme, was an
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condottiero Condottieri (; singular: ''condottiero'' or ''condottiere'') were Italian military leaders active during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The term originally referred specifically to commanders of mercenary companies, derived from the ...
. Dal Verme was the son of the condottiero and
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of Sanguinetto
Jacopo dal Verme Coat of arms of Jacopo Dal Verme. Jacopo Dal Verme (1350 - 12 February 1409) was an Italian condottiero. Biography Born at Verona, he was the son of condottiero Luchino Dal Verme and Jacopa di Bonetto de' Malvesini. He began his military career ...
and a member of the
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branch of the noble family, initially he followed the latter's campaigns, then fought in the company of
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in the war against
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. Later he was hired by the Bolognesi and then by the
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. He married Luchina Bussone, daughter of condottiero
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. After fighting in the war between the
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and
Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was the duke of Duchy of Milan, Milan from 1412 to 1447. Reports stated that he was "paranoid", but "shrewd as a ruler." He went to war in the 1420s with Romagna, Republic of Florenc ...
,
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, the latter give him the title of count and several fiefs. In 1437 he returned to
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and, together with
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, defended
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but was defeated at Orzinuovi and Soncino. In 1446, for Visconti, he besieged Cremona with Francesco Piccinino, but was pushed back by Scaramuccia da Forlì's Venetian troops. Later he was commander-in-chief of the Estensi army. He was defeated at Monte Brianza by Attendolo. When in 1447 the
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was proclaimed, he joined
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in its defence, contributing to the latter's conquest of
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. Finished the war, dal Verme obtained by him the confirmation of his fief in Lombardy. Dal Verme built the
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. Dal Verme was wounded in the siege of Monza and died soon afterwards, most likely of plague.


Issue

* Pietro Dal Verme,2nd count Sanguinetto, Married to Camilla del Maino,then married Chiara Sforza, illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza,Duke of Milan * Taddeo Dal Verme * Antonia dal Verme , married Tristano Sforza, legitimized son of Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan


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Wars in Lombardy The Wars in Lombardy were a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan and their respective allies, fought in four campaigns in a struggle for hegemony in Northern Italy that ravaged the economy of Lombardy. They ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verme, Luigi dal Date of birth unknown 1449 deaths 15th-century condottieri 1390 births 15th-century Italian people Italian nobility People from the Province of Verona