- Facino Cane
Facino Cane da Casale, born Bonifacio Cane (1360 - May 1412) was an Italian
condottiero .Biography
Cane was born in
Casale Monferrato to a noble family.He trained in the military arts by fighting under Otto of Brunswick against
Charles of Durazzo , in 1382. At 26 he became condottiero for theScaliger and, later,Carraresi families. In 1387 he was hired by Theodore II,Marquess of Montferrat , with 400 knights, in the war against theHouse of Savoy .Facino's aim in wars was almost exclusively the enrichment of himself and his soldiers, resulting in savage acts of 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 inBorgo San Martino . In 1404 is personal dominions included alsoAlessandria ,Novara andTortona .In 1402, at the death of Duke
Gian Galeazzo Visconti , he assumed the effective control of theDuchy of Milan . Facino died inPavia in 1412: his widow Beatrice di Tenda married the new dukeFilippo Maria Visconti , which therefore inherited the cities, the treasure and the soldiers of Facino.References
*cite book|last=Rendina|first=Claudio|title=I capitani di ventura|publisher=Newton & Compton|location=Rome|date=1994|language=Italian
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