Portrait of a Gentleman, thought to be Mercurio Bua by Lorenzo Lotto[1]
Other name(s)
Mercurio Buia
Born
1478 Nafplion
Died
unknown (around 1542) Treviso
Rank
condottiero (stratioti captain)
Battles/wars
Italian Wars
Italian War of 1494–1495
Italian Wars of 1499–1504
War of the League of Cambrai
War of Urbino
Italian War of 1521–1526
War of the League of Cognac
Italian War of 1536–1538
Italian War of 1542–1546
Mercurio Bua (Albanian: Mërkur Bua; Greek: Μερκούριος Μπούας, romanized: Merkourios Bouas; some modern sources use Buia[2]) was an Albanian condottiero (Stratioti captain) active in Italy. His father was Pjetër Bua, leader of the Albanians in the Morea in the 15th century. Born in Nauplia in 1478, Mercurio Bua moved to Venice in 1489 after his father's death and participated in the important phases of the Italian Wars serving the Republic of Venice, the Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza, the Kingdom of France, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and then again Venice.[3][4] For his deeds the King of France Louis XII rewarded him with the honorary title Count of Aquino and Roccasecca.[4]
^Fossi, Gloria; Bussagli, Marco; Reiche, Mattia (2000). Italian art: painting, sculpture, architecture from the origins to the present day. Giunti Editore Firenze Italy. pp. 182–3. ISBN 88-09-01771-4.
^Institutul de Istorie și Arheologie "A.D. Xenopol." (1987). Anuarul Institutului de Istorie și Arheologie "A.D. Xenopol.". Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. p. 91. Intre acestia, un loc insemnat 1-a ocupat Mercurio Buia, ajuns la inceputul secolului XVI in serviciul imparatului Maximilian de Habsburg, care l-a primit in rindul contilor imperiului. ... Familiei Buia (Bua)...; Magazin istoric. 1994. p. 62. Mercurio Buia („Bua" — socotit „albanez") a dobândit în serviciul împăratului Maximilian de Habsburg; Valente, Francesca (28 September 2014). "San Girolamo Emiliani sarà patrono di Quero Vas". Corriere delle Alpi. Retrieved 1 June 2020. Il 27 agosto dello stesso anno il forte fu raggiunto da 3 mila fanti francesi inviati da Jacques de La Palice (proprio l'ispiratore dell'aggettivo "lapalissiano") che guidati dal capitano di ventura Mercurio Buia conquistarono la fortezza, uccidendo tutti i soldati nemici, tranne Girolamo e due capitani bellunesi.; (Bujduveanu 1997, p. 91):"1495 = Familia Buia a dat din acest an până la finele secolului al XVI-lea opt căpitani de armatoli. Mercuriu Buia trece în Italia cu vreo..."; (Giurescu & Giurescu 1976, pp. 395, 405):"Familia Buia a dat de la 1495 pînă la finele secolului al XVI-lea nu mai puţin de opt căpitani, dintre care Mercuriu Buia a avut o deosebită însemnătate....Buia, Mercuriu - capitan".
^Floristán 2019, p. 10
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MercurioBua (Albanian: Mërkur Bua; Greek: Μερκούριος Μπούας, romanized: Merkourios Bouas; some modern sources use Buia) was an Albanian condottiero (Stratioti...
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to Captain general MercurioBua of the Leggeri cavalry. Found in a manuscript written by Ioannes Coroneos, a contemporary of Bua, the flag features a...
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monuments in his life including those of Gian Marco, Zenone Birago, MercurioBua, Giovanni Antonio Bellotti, Marino Caracciolo, Canon Giovanni Vimercati...
Trent Built-up Area (BUA). There is some green belt, particularly between the Cannock BUA and the much larger West Midlands BUA to the south. As well...
the Tausug kulintang ensemble. The Samal have something similar called a bua. Other gongs similar to the gandingan are the handheld gongs of the Subanon...
pulakan and the narrower one is called the huhugan or buahan by the Tausug and bua by the Samal. Agungs also play a major role in agung orchestras—ensembles...
Southern Philippines. New York: Anthology Record and Tape Corporation, 1970. Mercurio, Philip Dominguez (2006). "Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines"...