Battle of Bosco Marengo

Battle of Bosco Marengo
Part of the Golden Ambrosian Republic

Bartolomeo Colleoni, victor of Bosco Marengo [1]
Date October 11, 1447[2]
Location Bosco Marengo, Piedmont
Result Ambrosian victory[1][3][4]
Belligerents
Ambrosian Republic
[1][4][5]		 Duke of Orleans
[4][5][6]
Commanders and leaders
Bartolomeo Colleoni
[1][6][7]		 Renaud du Dresnay (POW)
[1][6][3]
Strength
3,700 troops[7] 3,000 troops[6][8]
Casualties and losses
500 killed[5][7][9] 1,500 killed[5][8][9]
300 captured[5][9]

The Battle of Bosco Marengo (aka Battle of Frascata) [3] was fought in the Autumn of 1447.

The Duke of Orleans, Charles I, son of Valentina Visconti, laid claim to the Duchy of Milan[5] and dispatched an army from the Dauphiné and Lyonais under Renaud du Dresnay into Lombardy.[6] The Golden Ambrosian Republic responded and dispatched a total of 3,700 troops under Colleoni to Alessandria.[7] At Bosco Marengo, battle was joined and the french suffered a complete defeat[10] with their general Renaud du Dresnay being captured and later ransomed for14,000 couronnes.[11]

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