| Battle of the Sesia | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian War of 1521–1526 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of France | |||||||
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Guillaume Gouffier Pierre Terrail † |
Charles de Lannoy Fernando d'Ávalos | ||||||
The Battle of the Sesia or Battle of the Sesia River, took place near the Sesia River (Latin: Sesites or Sessite), situated in north-western Italy, Lombardy, on 30 April 1524, where the Imperial–Spanish forces commanded by Don Carlos de Lannoy and Fernando d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara decisively defeated[1][2] the French army under the Admiral Guillaume Gouffier, Lord of Bonnivet and Francis de Bourbon, Comte de St. Pol, during the Italian War of 1521–1526.[1][2][3][4]