Skandeberg lived on in Enver Hoxha, obviously. Lol
Now, I have far too much respect for Skandeberg to say that
Skandeberg lived on in Enver Hoxha, obviously. Lol
Not in my opinion.His army was much better than the Saxons,and I suspect that a major reason he won was due to luck as opposed to his skill as a commander.He's just above average in my opinion.
Well, Hastings was his most famous victory, but he had shown his military skills previously, specially in Val-ès-Dunes, where he beate his cousins that contested his rights to the Duchy of Normandy, and had a superior army, and in his campaings against the bretons.
Anyway, though he is in the limits of the period, this guy invented the most effective military unitin the european battlefields during two centuries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_Fernández_de_Córdoba#First_Italian_War
I like Charles the Bold during that late period as well. One of the first European generals to really master gunpowder weapons on the battlefield.
Belisarius is definitely a contender, he was absolutely brilliant in Italy given what he had. I have to give it to Timur though.
I think the OP stated that anywhere from 500 until 1500 AD would be fine. Vlad would still be in before the cutoff.Dmn, the cutoff is too early for Vlad Tepes.
" Oh, how they would tremble to know that they faced the Impaler." --- from Dracula Untold ( i know its ASB, I just love that line, and I have always marveled at Vlad's tenacity as well as his popularity among his subjects)
I'm going to have to say Belisarius, then. Runner up would be Charles Martel, imo.
Hands down duke John (I) of Brabant.He won the battle of Worringen (Woeringen) and decided the Limburg war of succession, in Brabant's favour.
Interesting post i'll have to research this.![]()