Scaramuccia da Forlì

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Scaramuccia da Forlì (?, Forlì, Italy - 1450) was an Italian condottiero active in the first half of the 15th century. In Italian language his name means "skirmish".

First news of Scaramuccia are in 1433 as connestabile (officier) of one of the gates of the city of Forlì of Emilia Romagna. He was member of the party which was fighting against the Ordelaffi, and when this family managed to return in the city he was expelled.

In 1438, during the war between Venice and Milan, he intervened successfully to raise the siege of Brescia by Niccolò Piccinino, general of the duchy of Milan Filippo Maria Visconti. Subsequently he defended Brescia with 29 Bergamaschi soldiers.

In the following years Scaramuccia remained under the Serenissima, and in the summer of 1446 he fought again the Visconti's army at the head of 400 infantry. His commander was the famous Micheletto Attendolo. He managed to rescue the city of Cremona, which was being besieged by Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Verme.

Scaramuccia died in 1450.