Battle of Serravalle
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Italian War of 1542–46 |
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| Nice – Ceresole – Serravalle – St. Dizier – Lagny-sur-Marne – Montreuil – 1st Boulogne – 2nd Boulogne – Isle of Wight – Solent – Bonchurch – Beachy Head |
Italian Wars |
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| 1494–98 – 1499–1504 – League of Cambrai – Urbino – 1521–26 – League of Cognac – 1535–38 – 1542–46 – 1551–59 |
The Battle of Serravalle took place on June 2, 1544, during the Italian War of 1542. A Spanish-Imperial army under Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis del Vasto, defeated a force of freshly-raised Italian mercenaries in French service, commanded by Pietro Strozzi and Giovan Francesco Orsini, Count of Pitigliano.
[edit] References
- Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.
