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Niccolò Piccinino Niccolò Piccinino (1386 – 15 October 1444) was an Italian condottiero. Biography He was born in Perugia, the son of a butcher. Piccinino was introduced in the guild of Perugia's butchers. He was later scornfully called "son of a butcher" by ...

, (1386-1444), making him the adopted brother of Jacopo Piccinino (1423-1465). Francesco earned a reputation as a gallant warrior serving the Duchy of Milan under the Visconti and the

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under Pope Martin V (d. 1431). In 1436, he was serving the Aragonese

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, and he took part in the 1437 siege of Cerreto Umbra against

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. After some successes, he besieged Assisi and then Pergola. In 1440, he participated in the Battle of Anghiari and was badly defeated. On 19 August 1444 he was again defeated by Sforza's forces at Montolmo (now

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) and taken prisoner, while his brother Jacopo was able to escape. In 1446, Piccinino fought against Micheletto Attendolo near Cremona. Niccolo and Luigi dal Verme besieged that city, paid by Filippo Maria Visconti. Scaramuccia da Forlì, sent by the Venetian government, relieved the siege of Cremona. On 28 September the same year Piccinino suffered a defeat at Casalmaggiore. It was followed by a more serious one at Monte

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in 1447. Despite these setbacks, he managed to gain a contract under the newly formed and short-lived

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(1447-1450) together with Jacopo, in order to thwart Sforza's claim to be Duke of Milan. He did not live to see Sforza's victory. He fell ill and died in 1449. His symptoms included edema, which suggests several possible conditions or diseases that might have caused his death. He married Camilla da Montone,A list of Braccio da Montone's progeny is included at the end of the Italian Wikipedia article, which is much more detailed than the English version. daughter of the condottiero Braccio da Montone (1368-1424), in 1443.

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