The
Battle of Parabiago was fought in February 1339 near
Parabiago, in
Lombardy, northern
Italy, between the
Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of
Lodrisio Visconti. A renowned
condottiero, the latter was an exiled member of the
Visconti family then in power in Milan with a kind of triumvirate formed by
Azzone and his uncles,
Luchino and archbishop
Giovanni Visconti, all Lodrisio's brothers. Aiming to return victoriously to his city, he hired some 2,500 knights, mainly from Germany, and 1,000 Swiss infantry which had fought in the unsuccessful war of
Mastino II della Scala for the hegemony in northern Italy. These units were led by
Werner von Urslingen and
Konrad von Landau.