Battle of Canturino

Battle of Canturino
Date22 April 1363
Location
Bridge of Canturino, Romagnano Sesia, Piedmont
45°38′N 8°23′E / 45.63°N 8.38°E / 45.63; 8.38
Result Montferrat victory
Belligerents
Marquisate of Montferrat Duchy of Milan
Commanders and leaders
Albert Sterz
John Hawkwood		 Konrad von Landau (DOW)
Units involved
White Company Great Company
Strength
Unknown but included English, German, Hungarian and Genoese troops Unknown but included German and Hungarian troops
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Canturino (22 April 1363) was a clash of two condottiere companies, the long-established Great Company under Konrad von Landau and the newer White Company under Albert Sterz and John Hawkwood near Novara, north-west of Milan.[1]

  1. ^ Caferro, William (2006). John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth Century Italy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-8018-8323-7.