Battle of Novara (1500)

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Second Italian War
Part of the Italian Wars
Date 1500 Location Milan, Italy Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Duchy of Milan
Commanders
Louis XII of France	Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan

v • d • e Italian War of 1499–1504 Novara – Ruvo – Cerignola – Garigliano

v • d • e Italian Wars 1494–98 – 1499–1504 – League of Cambrai – Urbino – 1521–26 – League of Cognac – 1536–38 – 1542–46 – 1551–59

The Battle of Novara was fought in Milan in April of 1500 between the forces of King Louis XII of France and the forces of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan. Ultimately, Sforza was taken to France as a captive after his troops were defeated in battle.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of battles

[edit] Source

• Pettegree, Andrew. Europe in the Sixteenth Century. Blackwell History of Europe, 2002.