Battle of Ponza (1435)

Battle of Ponza
Part of Aragonese conquest of Naples

The surrender of Alfonso
Date5 August 1435[7][6]
Location
Island of Ponza, Tyrrhenian Sea
Result Genoese victory[1][2][3][4]
Belligerents
Duchy of Milan
Republic of Genoa
[1][2][3][4][5]		 Crown of Aragon
[6][2][3][5]
Commanders and leaders
Filippo Visconti
Biagio Assereto
Jacopo Giustiniani
[1][2][5][8][9]		 Alfonso V of Aragon
King of Aragon (POW)
John II of Aragon
King of Navarre (POW)
Henry of Aragon
Prince Infante (POW)
[6][1][3][9][10]
Strength
Genoese fleet:
3 galleys
13 vessels
2,400 soldiers
[10][11][12]		 Aragonese fleet:
11 galleys
14 vessels
6,000 soldiers
[10][11][12]
Casualties and losses
90 killed[8] 600 killed[8]
~100 Aragonese nobles captured [7][10]
13 vessels lost[1][2]

The naval battle of Ponza was fought in early August 1435, when the Duke of Milan dispatched the Genoese navy to relieve the besieged town of Gaeta,[13] which was currently under threat from the King of Aragon.[14]

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