Battle of the Sesia (1524)
| Battle of the Sesia | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian War of 1521–1526 | |||||||
The Death of Chevalier Bayard by Benjamin West, 1772 | |||||||
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| Kingdom of France | |||||||
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Guillaume Gouffier Pierre Terrail † |
Charles de Lannoy Fernando d'Ávalos | ||||||
The Battle of the Sesia or Battle of the Sesia River, took place near the Sesia River (Latin: Sesites or Sessite), situated in north-western Italy, Lombardy, on 30 April 1524, where the Imperial–Spanish forces commanded by Don Carlos de Lannoy and Fernando d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara decisively defeated the French army under the Admiral Guillaume Gouffier, Lord of Bonnivet and the Comte de Saint-Pol, during the Italian War of 1521–1526.