Battle of Cortenuova | |||||||
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Part of the Wars of Guelphs and Ghibellines | |||||||
14th century miniature depicting the Battle of Cortenuova. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Sicily Ghibellines | Lombard League | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick II |
Pietro Tiepolo (POW) Guglielmo I da Rizolio | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000–15,000 2,000–3,000 Germans (Holy Roman Empire) [1][2] 7,000–10,000 Sicilians, including an unknown number of Saracen archers (Kingdom of Sicily) [1][2][3][4] 801 Ghibellines (Verona and Lombardy) [1][2][5] |
8,000–20,000 (Comunes of Lombardy) [1][3][6] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
Thousands killed [6][7][8] 4,093 Captured [1] |
The Battle of Cortenuova (sometimes spelled Cortenova) was fought on 27 November 1237 in the course of the Guelphs and Ghibellines Wars: in it, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeated the Second Lombard League.[9]
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