Battle of Ceresole

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The Battle of Ceresole was a major 1544 engagement of the Italian Wars in which French forces won a bloody victory over Imperial-Spanish troops in northern Italy.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Ceresole canonical 11
Battle of Ceresole Alba 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ceresole Alba ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ceresole

Battle of Cérisoles ⓘ
belligerent Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
campaign French campaign in Piedmont ⓘ
casualtiesDescription very heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedAs bloody victory for France ⓘ
combatantType French army ⓘ
linked to: French Army

Imperial army ⓘ
Spanish troops ⓘ
commander Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto ⓘ
François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien ⓘ
Marquis del Vasto ⓘ
commanderForFrance François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien ⓘ
commanderForImperialSpanish Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto ⓘ
conflict Italian War of 1542–1546 ⓘ
countryAtTime Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
date 11 April 1544 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
followedBy renewed Imperial operations in northern Italy ⓘ
location Ceresole Alba ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
notableUnit French infantry ⓘ
Italian infantry ⓘ
Landsknechts ⓘ
linked to: Landsknechte

heavy cavalry ⓘ
opponent Imperial-Spanish army ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Army
opposingSovereign Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
partOf Italian Wars ⓘ
precededBy earlier operations in Piedmont during the Italian War of 1542–1546 ⓘ
relatedConflict Italian War of 1521–1526 ⓘ
Italian War of 1536–1538 ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
significance demonstrated effectiveness of combined arms infantry tactics ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian Wars ⓘ
sovereignOfVictoriousSide Francis I of France ⓘ
strategicContext Franco-Habsburg rivalry ⓘ
tacticalFeature cavalry charges on the flanks ⓘ
intense infantry fighting ⓘ
use of arquebusiers and pikemen ⓘ
tacticalOutcome French forces routed large parts of the Imperial-Landsknecht infantry ⓘ
theatre Italian theatre of the Italian Wars ⓘ
year 1544 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Italian War of 1542–1546 → hasBattle → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Battle of Ceresole → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Ceresole Alba ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ceresole
Claude d'Annebault → participantIn → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto → battle → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Ceresole Alba → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Battle of Cérisoles → languageVariant → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Imperial–Spanish forces → engagedInBattle → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ
Habsburg–French wars in Italy → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Ceresole ⓘ