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The Landsknechte (singular: Landsknecht, pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period. Consisting predominantly of pikemen and supporting foot soldiers, their front line was formed by Doppelsöldner ("double-pay men") renowned ...
Hessians (US: / ˈhɛʃənz / or UK: / ˈhɛsiənz /) [1] were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army in several major wars in the 18th century, most notably the American Revolutionary War. [2][3] The term is a synecdoche for all Germans who fought on the British side, since 65% came from the German states of Hesse-Kassel ...
German mercenary soldier in the Thirty Years' War. His wartime diary is credited for giving a unique historic record of the life in the contemporary army from the viewpoint of a simple Landsknecht. Paul Menesius: 1637–1694 1658–1694 Russian Empire: Scottish soldier and diplomat in the service of the Tsar Alexis of Russia.
Siegfried Friedrich Heinrich Müller (26 October 1920 – 17 April 1983), referred to as "Congo Müller" (Kongo-Müller), was a German-born soldier and mercenary.Müller served as an officer-candidate in the Wehrmacht in World War II and, after emigrating to Apartheid South Africa, became a mercenary commanding part of 5 Commando in the Congo Crisis.
Peter Hagendorf. Peter Hagendorf was a German mercenary soldier in the Thirty Years' War. He wrote a diary which gives a unique historic record of the life in the contemporary army from the viewpoint of a simple Landsknecht. Current research relates the book author to Peter Hagendorf, first principal of Görzke, who died on 4 February 1679 at ...
Götz von Berlichingen. Gottfried " Götz " von Berlichingen (pronounced [ˈgɔtfʁiːd fɔn ˈbɛʁlɪçɪŋən], [ˈgœts]; 15 November 1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary and poet. He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berlichingen in ...
Doppelsöldner ("double-mercenaries", "double-pay men", [1] from German doppel- meaning double, Söldner meaning mercenary) were Landsknechte in 16th-century Germany who volunteered to fight in the front line, taking on extra risk, in exchange for double payment. The stated ratio was that one Landsknecht in four would be a Doppelsöldner.
Mercenary. Leonardo da Vinci 's Profilo di capitano antico, also known as il Condottiero, 1480. Condottiero meant "contractor" in its more literal sense but came to be applied to leaders of mercenary groups in Italy during the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private ...