best medieval general

[the third edward]

i am doing research on medieval times so please tell who you think is the best medieval general (You can post more than one if you want) if you do post please don't just tell me their name, but what country their from and a little about them.

[Belisarius II]

Jan Zizka

A general from Bohemia that fought on the Hussite side during the Anti-Hussite Crusades.

For a general look at the man Wiki does just fine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%C5%BDi%C5%BEka

[Nowake]

Hello the third edward, a belated, yet warm, welcome to the .Org!


I’m sure there are a few of us who would like to help, yet the request is a bit vague.
Could you point us in the right direction by giving us a more specific timeframe, whether you’re confining your research to Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean basin or you’re looking towards Central and Far East Asia as well, are you focusing more on tactical brilliance or you want the ones who were able to actually win the war, not merely the battle?

[Myth]

In no particular order:

Charles Martel "Charlemagne"
William I of Normandy "The Conqueror"
King Richard I "The Lionhearted"
Edward, "The Black Prince"
Henry V of England
Genghis Khan
Ogedei Khan
Kublai Khan
Timur the Lame
Frederic I "Barbarossa"
"Saladdin"
Khan Krum the Terrible
Tsar Simeon
Tsar Kaloyan
Knyaz Alexandar Nevsky

[Nelson]

If I'm not mistaken, Charlemagne was the grand son of Charles Martel.

[Nowake]

You are both correct


The grandson of Charles Martel was also named Charles; and he was part of House Martel of course - hence factually he was also Charles Martel.
Charlemagne is merely the bastardization of Carolus Magnus i.e. the Great and it came into use at a later date.

[Hamata]

Dont forget to mention king harold of the saxtons

[Snoil The Mighty]

Vlad Tepes, Robert Guiscard, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (El Cid) and Alexius Comnenus were all top-shelf.

Vlad Tepes maybe the least heralded despite basically holding off the Ottoman Empire's march into Europe single-handedly against enormous odds.

[EB rocks]

personally it would be if it counts Oda Nobunga or if it doesnt it would be Tamerlane.