The Colonna family akes advantage of disorder …
Years: 1482 - 1482
The Colonna family akes advantage of disorder in the Papal States to fight pitched battles against their Della Rovere enemies.
The main encounter, however, is the pitched Battle of Campomorto near Velletri, August 21, 1482, in which the Neapolitan troops under Alfonso are soundly defeated by Roberto Malatesta and the duke is barely rescued by a contingent of his Turkish soldiers.
Locations
People
- Alfonso II of Naples
- Ercole I d'Este
- Federico I Gonzaga
- Federico da Montefeltro
- Ferdinand I of Naples
- Giovanni II Bentivoglio
- Girolamo Riario
- Ludovico Sforza
- Pope Sixtus IV
- Roberto Malatesta
- William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat
Groups
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Montferrat (Montferrato), Marquessate of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Mantua, free commune of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Siena, Republic of
- Este, House of
- Florence, Medici-ruled
- Naples, Aragonese Kingdom of
- Urbino, Duchy of
- Milan, Duchy of
- Ferrara, Duchy of
