Battle of the Sesia (1524)

Battle of the Sesia
Part of the Italian War of 1521–1526
Date 30 April 1524 Location Near the Sesia River, Lombardy (present-day Italy) Result Imperial–Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Empire of Charles V: Holy Roman Empire Spain
Commanders and leaders
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^[1][2] the French army under the Admiral Guillaume Gouffier, Lord of Bonnivet and Francis de Bourbon, Comte de St. Pol, during the Italian War of 1521–1526.^[1][2][3][4]