Niccolò da Tolentino

Niccolò da Tolentino ( Maruzzi Niccolò della Stacciola; * 1355 in Tolentino, † March 20, 1435 in Borgo Val di Taro ) was a Condottiere.

From 1370 he joined, estranged from his parents, to serve different masters. In 1406 he was Condottiere under Gabrino Fondulo. 1407 made ​​him Pandolfo Malatesta III. († 1427) to the seneschal and marshal in 1423. Documents the Biblioteca Universitaria of Urbino evidence of the appointment to the Lords in 1412 by Malatesta. He was Erbgraf and Burgherr of della Stacciola, in the Valle del Cesano, brands. In 1431, Pope Eugene IV the appointment.

His men, he moved frequently. Leader of the Florentine army he was from June 1423 to May 1424, then moved to July 1424 to the papal troops, to which he returned in August 1428 after his return to Florence. In 1431 it was from February to August Milan. 1432, a change from the Vatican to Florence took place again, which cost him his got in the previous year fief of Borgo San Sepolcro. On June 23, 1433, he was chief commander of the Florentine.

He was captured by the Milanese, died as a result of a fall, possibly by Fremdeinwirken. His considerable fortune at this time was 200,000 ducats, 2,000 pounds of silver, 90 horses and 30 donkeys. He is buried in the cathedral of Florence, his heart is preserved in the Augustinian monastery of Tolentino.

Representations

In the cathedral of Florence, Andrea del Castagno in 1456 produced a rider Niccolò fresco. Paolo Uccello painted him according to his ideas of the Battle of San Romano. Niccolò Machiavelli says in his History of Florence ( Volume 5, Chapter 1 ) by Niccolò da Tolentino capture and death.