Facino Cane da Casale, born Bonifacio Cane (1360 - May 1412) was an Italian condottiero. Events October 24 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ... Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ...

Facino Cane.

Biography

Cane was born in Casale Monferrato to a noble family. Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. ...

He trained in the military arts by fighting under Otto of Brunswick against Charles of Durazzo, in 1382. At 26 he became condottiero for the Scaliger and, later, Carraresi families. In 1387 he was hired by Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat, with 400 knights, in the war against the House of Savoy. Charles III, King of Naples, also titular king of Jerusalem, and also known as Charles II of Hungary and Charles of Durazzo, Charles the Short, reigned as King of Naples from 1382 to 1386 and as King of Hungary (under the name of King Károly II the Small) for... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne of Japan John Wyclifs teachings are condemned by the Synod of London. ... The persons most commonly meant by the single name are Julius Caesar Scaliger and Joseph Justus Scaliger, qq. ... The Carraresi (or da Carrara) were an important Italian family in the period 12th-15th centuries. ... Events June 2 - John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon. ... The Marquess of Montferrat is the title derived from Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato), a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin. ... The House of Savoy or in Italian, La Casa di Savoia, or simply Casa Savoia, (or Savoie, French) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region that includes present-day Piemonte, other parts of Northern Italy, and a smaller region in France. ...

As Facino's aim in wars was almost exclusively the enrichment of himself and his soldiers, which led them to feel free to ruthlessness and cruelties against the population. This led Theodore to dismiss Facino in 1397, and the condottiero moved first back to the da Carrara and, in 1401, to the Visconti. In 1400 he had also created the small seigniory for himself in Borgo San Martino. In 1404 is personal dominions included also Alessandria, Novara and Tortona. The Lollards, a religious sect taught by John Wycliffe, were persecuted for their beliefs. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of... Borgo San Martino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km east of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Alessandria. ... Events June 14 - Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and the Henry of Lancaster. ... Alessandria (Lisandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. ... Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan. ... For the medieval scholar Tortona, see Marziano da Tortona Tortona is a comune of Piedmont, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. ...

In 1402, at the death of Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti, he assumed the effective control of the Duchy of Milan. Facino died in Pavia in 1412: his widow Beatrice married the new duke Filippo Maria Visconti, which therefore inherited the cities, the treasure and the soldiers of Facino. Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ... A 19th century version of Giangaleazzo Visconti. ... The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. ... Church San Michele in Pavia The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio) on the Ticino river is a symbol of Pavia Pavìa (the ancient Ticinum) (population 71,000) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ... Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti, (1392–1447), who became nominal ruler of Pavia in 1402, succeeded his assassinated brother Gian Maria Visconti as Duke of Milan. ...