Valeriano Castracani degli Antelminelli

Valeriano Castracani was a son of Castruccio Castracani, lord of Lucca. Still a boy when his father died in 1328, he was driven from Lucca after the Guelf restoration and became a condottiero.

In 1356 he led a thousand cavalry for Bernabò Visconti against the anti-Visconti league, but was beaten at San Polo d'Enza in February. Later that year he led Milanese skirmishers whose feigned retreat drew Count Lando's company into the trap at Casorate, giving the Visconti a decisive victory.