Micheletto Attendolo, also called Micheletto da Cotignola, (c. 1370 – February 1463) was an Italian condottiero. He was seigneur of

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, Potenza, Alianello,

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and

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. Born in Cotignola, he was the cousin of the more famous Muzio Attendolo Sforza and

Francesco Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L'A ...

. Together with the latter and Francesco Sforza, he was imprisoned in

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by the Queen Joanna II of Naples in December 1415. Later he fought against

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for her, taking part to the conflict in the Abruzzi of 1424: after Muzio's drowning, he commanded the vanguard at the Battle of L'Aquila. Later he was at the service of Pope Martin V and of the

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, being decisive at the

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against the Sienese. In 1434, after the treaty between Pope

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and Joanna (1434), Attendolo was made ''Gran Connestabile'' (commander-in-chief) of the Kingdom of Naples. Later he fought for the Neapolitan pretender Rene of Anjou. Paolo Uccello 016

Subsequently, he fought mostly along Francesco Sforza, and was victorious against

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at the Battle of Anghiari (1440). The following year he replaced Gattamelata as the supreme commander of the Venetian army. He clashed with Sforza, who now led the army of the

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of Milan, at the battle of Caravaggio (15 September 1448), being severely defeated. After this setback Attendolo lost his position and was confined at

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. He died three years later, probably at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Attendolo, Micheletto 1390 births 1451 deaths People from the Province of Ravenna 15th-century condottieri

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