Arnold Winkelried of Unterwalden

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Arnold Winkelried of Unterwalden (fl. 1522) was a Swiss mercenary captain in the service of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec at the Battle of Bicocca. He was killed commanding one of the Swiss columns in the assault on the Imperial earthworks. Charles Oman suggests that his personal courage on this occasion resulted in his name appearing in the legend of Arnold von Winkelried.

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• Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.