Konrad Wirtinger von Landau (died 22 April 1363), known in Italy as Conte Lando, was a German military adventurer and condottiero who was active in north and central Italy.
He was born the eldest son of Count Eberardo III in the ancient Swabian village of Burg Landau near Ertingen in present-day Württemberg and held the title of Konrad II, Count of Landau.
He went to Italy in 1338, entered the service of the Lords of Venice and fought against the army of Verona led by Mastino II della Scala. In 1339 he joined the Compagnia di San Giorgio of Lodrisio Visconti to attack Milan, then under the control of Lodrisio's estranged brothers. After initial success, their company was defeated at the Battle of Parabiago. In 1346, fighting for Venice against Milan, he was again on the losing side. In 1347, in the service of the Marquis of Saluzzo, when attempting to counter the attack by the Milanese and the Marquis of Montferrat, he was forced to surrender to the enemy.
In 1348 he joined the Great Company of Werner von Urslingen and took part in an expedition sponsored by King Louis I of Hungary into Naples against Joanna I of Naples to avenge the killing of Louis's brother Andrew by the Neapolitans. In 1349 they won the Battle of Meleto against the Neapolitan barons which earned the company some 500,000 florins in booty and ransoms. He then spent the next few years fighting in various campaigns for different patrons in central Italy.
In 1354, after Urslingen had died and Fra' Moriale had taken over the leadership of the Great Company, Landau rejoined its ranks and fought in various conflicts with Pisa, Siena, Florence and Milan. When Fra' Moriale was captured and executed in Rome later that year Landau himself took command.
After further years of fighting for various sponsors, his company came up in 1363 against the White Company led by Albert Sterz and John Hawkwood at the Battle of Canturino. During the battle, the wounded Landau was captured and died of his injuries later in the day.
Konrad Wirtinger vonLandau (died 22 April 1363), known in Italy as Conte Lando, was a German military adventurer and condottiero who was active in north...
two condottiere companies, the long-established Great Company under KonradvonLandau and the newer White Company under Albert Sterz and John Hawkwood near...
mercenaries in Italy were the Ventura Companies of Duke Werner von Urslingen and Count KonradvonLandau. Werner's company differed from other mercenary companies...
hegemony in northern Italy. These units were led by Werner von Urslingen and KonradvonLandau. Lodrisio Visconti set out for Lombardy in late January 1339...
Werner von Urslingen (Werner of Urslingenin English, called in Italian: Guarnieri d'Urslingen or Duca Guarnieri; c. 1308 – 1354) from German-speaking...
troops, they included the Great Company formed by the German knight Werner von Urslingen (1342), the Compagnia di San Giorgio formed by the Italian nobleman...
and men from Graubünden – under the leadership of Germans KonradvonLandau and Werner von Urslingen. Personnel were also sent by Visconti's allies: Calcino...
followed. In April 1363 he finally confronted the rival Great Company of KonradvonLandau who were under contract to the Viscontis. At the Battle of Canturino...
anti-Visconti league, who had hired the mercenary Grand Company of KonradvonLandau. He lived at the court of Galeazzo until his death in 1364. Axelrod...
Visconti. After winning a battle against John Horvatí, Hawkwood and Lutz Landau crossed paths with Horvatí and stole some prey from his hunt. Bernabò was...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
(1267 – 30 April 1305), also known as Ruggero/Ruggiero da Fiore or Rutger von Blum or Ruggero Flores, was an Italian military adventurer and condottiere...
buildings as moral exemplars. Bologna KonradvonLandau, painted on the walls of Bologna for treachery; in response Landau created his own "pittura infamante"...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Karl Konrad Ferdinand Maria von Amira (25 May 1863 – 14 December 1945) was a German jurist who served as Professor of Constitutional Law at the Ludwig...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Pfarrer, ein Bildhauer in der Pfalz. Otto Abel, Landau 1938 Hyacinth Holland (1906), "Knoll, Konrad", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
Gian Paolo Baglioni Roger de Flor John Hawkwood Francois Hennequin KonradvonLandau Camus Bour John Creswey Bascot de Mauléon Astorre I Manfredi Petit...
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