| Battle of Villabuona | |||||||
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| Part of Thirty Years' War and of the War of the Mantuan Succession | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Holy Roman Empire |
Republic of Venice Kingdom of France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Matthias Gallas |
Duc de Candale Zaccaria Sagredo Ludovico Vimercati Chevalier de la Valette (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 troops | 17,500 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400 killed and wounded | 4,000 killed, 500 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Villabuona (sometimes spelled "Villabona") was fought on 29 May 1630 in the frazione of Villabona (a locality in the comune of Goito) in southern Lombardy during the Mantuan war of succession between an allied Franco-Venetian army led by the Venetian provveditore Zaccaria Sagredo and the French commander Duc de Candale on one side and the Imperial army of Mathias Gallas on the other. The more numerous Franco-Venetians and their Mantuan allies hoped to end the Imperial siege of Mantua but were comprehensively defeated by Gallas' smaller force, numbering perhaps 10,000 men. The defeat was tactically and strategically significant for the allies and "rendered the outcome of the siege of Mantua a foregone conclusion", leading to the collapse of the city's defenses and its infamous sack later that year.[1]