biography
| name: |
Acuto, Giovanni
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popular name of Sir John Hawkwood
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pronunciation:
[akootoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1320–94)
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| biography:
| English mercenary captain, born in Sible Hedingham, Essex, SE England, UK. He fought in France during the Hundred Years' War, then moved to Italy (1360) where he served Pisa, Milan, the popes Urban V and Gregory XI during the Eight Saints War (1375–8), and finally Florence (1377). |
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