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Battle of Gavinana

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Date
  
3 August 1530

Location
  
Gavinana, Italy

Result
  
Decisive Imperial victory

3,000-3,500 infantry
  
5,000-7,000 infantry2,000 cavalry

Similar
  
Siege of Florence, War of the League of Cognac, Battle of La Motta, Battle of Ceresole, Battle of Seminara

Battle of gavinana top 6 facts


The Battle of Gavinana was a battle in the War of the League of Cognac. It was fought on 3 August 1530 between the city of Florence and the army of the Holy Roman Empire.

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The Imperial forces were led by Philibert of Châlon, Prince of Orange, with reinforcements under Fabrizio Maramaldo arriving later in the battle. The Florentine forces were led by the florentine commissary Francesco Ferruccio.

At first the Florentines drove back the Imperial army, despite being outnumbered. In the process, the Prince of Orange was fatally shot in the chest by two arquebus balls.

However, when Maramaldo arrived with 2,000 troops the tide was reversed. After being wounded and captured, Ferruccio was executed personally by Maramaldo. Ferrucci's last response to his murderer, tu uccidi un uomo morto (you are killing a dead man) led him to long lasting fame and to become one of the major icons of the Italian risorgimento. In contrast, Maramaldo's behavior, echoed by several historical reports, gave his name a shameful reputation, and in modern Italian maramaldo means cowardly murderer.

Battle of gavinana


References

Battle of Gavinana Wikipedia


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