Battle of Garigliano

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The Battle of Garigliano was a 1503 engagement in the Italian Wars in which Spanish forces decisively defeated the French near the Garigliano River in southern Italy, helping secure Spanish dominance in the Kingdom of Naples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ
French forces ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish forces ⓘ
belligerentAllegiance Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
campaign War for control of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
combatantCommanderFor Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish forces ⓘ
Ludovico II of Saluzzo, French forces ⓘ
commander Francisco de Pizarro (as a soldier under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba) ⓘ
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba ⓘ
Ludovico II of Saluzzo ⓘ
conflict Italian Wars ⓘ
consequence Spanish dominance in the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
end of major French presence in the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
country Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
date 1503-12-29 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Lyon ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
historicalPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
involvedMilitaryInnovation early use of combined arms tactics ⓘ
integration of firearms and pike formations ⓘ
location Garigliano River ⓘ
linked to: Volturno River

near Gaeta ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
near Castelforte ⓘ
Minturno ⓘ
outcome French retreat toward Gaeta ⓘ
capture of French artillery and supplies by Spanish forces ⓘ
partOf Italian Wars ⓘ
Italian Wars of 1494–1559 ⓘ
linked to: Italian Wars

Second Italian War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Cerignola ⓘ
region Lazio ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
decisive Spanish victory ⓘ
riverCrossing Garigliano River ⓘ
linked to: Volturno River
significance marked decline of French influence in southern Italy ⓘ
secured Spanish control over the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
tactic surprise river crossing ⓘ
use of pontoon bridge ⓘ
theatre Italian Peninsula ⓘ
year 1503 ⓘ

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Prospero Colonna → notableBattle → Battle of Garigliano ⓘ
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba → notableBattle → Battle of Garigliano (1503) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Garigliano
Winter Line operations → notableBattle → Battle of the Garigliano ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Garigliano
Battle of Cerignola → followedBy → Battle of Garigliano (1503) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Garigliano
Fabrizio Colonna → participantIn → Battle of Garigliano (1503) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Garigliano
Italian War of 1499–1504 → significantEvent → Battle of Garigliano (1503) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Garigliano
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba → battle → Battle of Garigliano (1503) ⓘ
subject linked to: El Gran Capitán
linked to: Battle of Garigliano
Italian theatre of the Italian Wars → majorBattle → Battle of Garigliano ⓘ
Diego García de Paredes → notableBattle → Battle of Garigliano (1503) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Garigliano