Battle of Landriano

The Battle of Landriano took place on 21 June 1529, between the French army under Francis de Bourbon, Comte de St. Pol and the Imperial–Spanish army commanded by Don Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova in the context of the War of the League of Cognac. The French army was destroyed and the battle's strategic result was that the struggle between Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor for control of northern Italy was temporarily at an end.

Battle of Landriano
Part of the War of the League of Cognac
Date21 June 1529
Location
Landriano, Lombardy
(present-day Italy)
Result Imperial–Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France
Republic of Florence
Duchy of Milan

Empire of Charles V:

Commanders and leaders
Comte de St. Pol  (POW) Antonio de Leyva
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