Battle of Bosco Marengo

Battle of Bosco Marengo
Part of the Golden Ambrosian Republic

Bartolomeo Colleoni, victor of Bosco Marengo [1]
DateOctober 11, 1447[2]
LocationBosco 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
Astore de' Manfredi
[1][6][7][8]		 Renaud du Dresnay (POW)
[1][3][6][9]
Strength
3,700 troops[7] 3,000 troops[6][10]
Casualties and losses
500 killed[5][7][11] 1,500 killed[5][9][11]
only half could retreat back to France [10]
300 captured[5][11]

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[12] with their general Renaud du Dresnay being captured and later ransomed for14,000 couronnes.[13]

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  2. ↑ Simonde de Sismondi, Jean-Charles-Léonard (1831). Histoire des Français: Vol.13. Paris.
  3. 1 2 3 Moreri, Louis (1759). Le grand dictionnaire historique, ou Le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane: Vol.3. Paris.
  4. 1 2 3 Samaran, Charles (1919). Dépêches des ambassadeurs milanais en France sous Louis XI et François Sforza: Vol.2. Paris.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rogers, Clifford (2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology: Vol.1. Oxford University Press.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Ersch, Johann Samuel (1834). Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. Leipzig.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Corio, Bernardino (1646). L'historia di Milano. Padua.
  8. ↑ Leo, Heinrich (1829). Geschichte von Italien: Vol.III. Hamburg.
  9. 1 2 Protonotari, Francisco (1923). Nuova antologia: Vol.308-309. Rome.
  10. 1 2 Société d'histoire générale et d'histoire diplomatique (1888). Revue d'histoire diplomatique: Vol.2. Paris.
  11. 1 2 3 Pieri, Piero (1971). Il Rinascimento e la crisi militare italiana. Turin.
  12. ↑ Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (1856). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften: Vol.20. Vienna.
  13. ↑ Courcelles, Jean B. (1829). Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France: Vol.10. Paris.

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