Battle of Roccavione

Battle of Roccavione
Part of Guelphs and Ghibellines
Date12 December 1275
Location
Roccavione, Piedmont
44°19′00″N 7°29′00″E / 44.3167°N 7.48333°E / 44.3167; 7.48333
Result Decisive Ghibelline Victory[1]
Territorial
changes		 King Charles of Anjou loses hold on his Piedmont territory
Belligerents
Ghibellines:[1]
Asti
March of Montferrat
March of Saluzzo		 Guelphs:[2]
Charles of Anjou
Commanders and leaders
Thomas I of Saluzzo
William VII of Montferrat
[2][3]		 Philip of Lagonesse
[2][3][4]

The Battle of Roccavione was the last battle of the invasion of the territory of Asti by Angevine troops from the Kingdom of Sicily. Charles I of Sicily was defeated, and his entire invasion failed. The battle was also the end of the Astigiani participation in the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, and the end of Charles' intervention in the rest of the Italian Peninsula.

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