Battle of Marignano
The Battle of Marignano was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai and took place on 13–14 September 1515. It took place near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan. It involved the French army led by Francis I, newly crowned King of France, against the Old Swiss Confederacy.
| Battle of Marignano | |||||||||
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| Part of the War of the League of Cambrai | |||||||||
 Francis I Orders His Troops to Stop Pursuing the Swiss, a Romantic 19th century work by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (Galerie des Batailles, Palace of Versailles) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 France Venice |
Template:Country data Old Swiss Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy.svg){kind=small} Milan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Francis I Gian Giacomo Trivulzio Bartolomeo d'Alviano Louis de la Trémoille Charles III, Duke of Bourbon |
Template:Country data Old Swiss Confederacy Marx Röist Maximilian Sforza[1] Template:Country data Old Swiss Confederacy Cardinal Mattheus Schiner | ||||||||
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22,200 men
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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5,000 dead[4] Unknown wounded |
10,000 dead[5] Unknown wounded | ||||||||
Battle Of Marignano Media
Swiss mercenaries and German Landsknechts fighting for glory, fame, and money at Marignano (1515). The bulk of the Renaissance armies was composed of mercenaries[source?].
The battlefield of Marignano, drawing by Urs Graf, himself a Swiss mercenary who may have fought there.
Dying Swiss, sketch by Ferdinand Hodler (ca. 1898) for his Retreat from Marignano fresco (1900).
References
- ↑ Sforza was present at the battle, and, being the nominal employer of the Swiss, may be considered their leader. It is extremely doubtful, however, that he exercised any actual command.
- ↑ Tucker, Spencer C. (2009). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol. II. Santa Bárbara: ABC-CLIO. p.484
- ↑ Nolan, Cathal J. (2006). The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. p.575; Nolan, Cathal J. (2017). The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost. Oxford University Press. p.68
- ↑ Nolan (2006), p.575; Tucker (2009), p.484
- ↑ Nolan (2006): p.575
