Battle of Gagliano

Battle of Gagliano
Part of War of the Sicilian Vespers

Ruins of the castle at Gagliano, the fortress targeted by the Angevin advance prior to the battle.
DateFebruary 1300
Location
Result Sicilian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Sicily  Kingdom of Naples
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Sicily Blasco I d'Alagona Kingdom of Naples Walter V, Count of Brienne (POW)
Strength
200 knights
300 light infantry (almogavars)
300 knights
200 horsemen
Casualties and losses
22 horsemen
34 infantry
Heavy

The Battle of Gagliano was a military engagement between the forces of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Angevin Kingdom of Naples. Fought in early 1300 during the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the battle involved the entrapment and routing of a Angevin heavy cavalry detachment by a Sicilian force near the fortified town of Gagliano Castelferrato in central Sicily.