biography
| name: |
Colleoni, Bartolomeo
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pronunciation:
[kolayohnee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1400–76)
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| biography:
| Condottiere, born in Solza, Lombardy, N Italy. He was in the service of Braccio di Montone (1419), Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1424), fought for Venice with Carmagnola (1431) and Gattamelata (1432–7), once again for Venice, and defended Verona (1441). He was briefly head of the Ambrosiana Republic's army, but returned to Venice and became commander-in-chief in 1454 but was finally confined to Malpaga Castle. Verrocchio immortalized him with a famous equestrian monument in Venice. |
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