Battle of Cortenuova

Battle of Cortenuova
Part of the Wars of Guelphs and Ghibellines

Miniature depicting the capture of the Carroccio
Nuova Cronica Vatican Library Chig.L.VIII.296
Date27 November 1237
Location
Cortenuova, Lombardy, Italy
45°32′N 9°47′E / 45.533°N 9.783°E / 45.533; 9.783
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Sicily		 Lombard League
Milan, Lodi, Crema, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza, Padova, Treviso, Mantua, Alessandria and Vercelli
Commanders and leaders
Frederick II
Ezzelino da Romano
Gebhard von Arnstein		 Pietro Tiepolo P Executed
Guglielmo I da Rizolio
Strength
~ 10,000 [1][2][3][4][5] ~15,000 [1][3][6]
Casualties and losses
unknown thousands killed [6][7][8]
thousands 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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