Siege of Mirandola (1511)

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Siege of Mirandola
Part of the War of the League of Cambrai

Pope Julius II on the walls of Mirandola
(Raffaello Tancredi, oil on canvas, 1890)
Date2 — 19 January 1511
Location
Mirandola, Emilia (present-day Italy)
Result Venetian-Papal victory
Belligerents
Papal States Papal States
Duchy of Urbino
Spanish Empire
 Republic of Venice
Duchy of Mirandola
Duchy of Ferrara
Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Pope Julius II
Units involved
  • 2.500 infantrymen
  • 400 knights
  • 100/150 man of arms
  • 400 infantrymen
  • 100 estense soldiers
  • 70 Mirandola's soldiers
  • Casualties and losses
    400 casualties 100 casualties

    The siege of Mirandola took place from 2 January to 19 January 1511 as a part of Pope Julius II's campaign to keep France from dominating northern Italy during the War of the League of Cambrai. At that time Mirandola was the capital of the Duchy of Mirandola in the Italian region of Emilia. The siege was conducted by Julius after he had broken away from the League of Cambrai and entered into a treaty with Venice.[1]

    1. ^ Creighton (1911), p. 133.