Battle of the Sesia (1524)
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 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.
| Battle of the Sesia | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian War of 1521–1526 | |||||||
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| Kingdom of France | |||||||
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Guillaume Gouffier Pierre Terrail † |
Charles de Lannoy Fernando d'Ávalos | ||||||
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