Battle of Forlì

Battle of Forlì
Part of Guelphs and Ghibellines

From a fresco by Giovanni Battista Marchetti (1763)
Date1 May 1282
Location
Forlì, Romagna, present-day Italy
Result

Ghibelline victory

Belligerents
Guelphs:
Pope Martin IV
Charles I of Anjou		 Ghibellines:
Forlì Imola Bologna Faenza Ravenna Bagnacavallo
Commanders and leaders
Jean d'Eppe
Taddeo II da Montefeltro †		 Guido da Montefeltro
Casualties and losses
2,000–3,000 killed Heavy

The Battle of Forlì in 1282 took place between an army recruited in France, sent by Pope Martin IV in an attempt to subdue Forlì and the Ghibellines. The Guelph army was defeated thanks to the strategic ability of Guido I da Montefeltro.

The event was remembered by Dante in the Divine Comedy:

» The city which once made the long resistance, And of the French a sanguinary heap «

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