Battle of Benevento

When

5 Mar 1266

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.13° N, 14.77° E

Description

1266 battle between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily

Battle between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily

The Battle of Benevento was a major medieval battle fought on 26 February 1266, near Benevento in present-day Southern Italy, between the forces of Charles I of Anjou and those of King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred's defeat and death resulted in Charles' conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily, effectively ending the rule of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in the Italian Peninsula and marking the rise of the royal Capetian House of…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Benevento: Guelph forces (some 12,000 men), led by Charles of Anjou, brother of King Louis IX of France”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Karl von Anjou, den Papst Clemens IV. insgeheim mit Sizilien als päpstlichem Lehen ausgestattet hat, siegt in der Schlacht bei Benevent”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Bénévent”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Битве при Беневенто армия Карла Анжуйского разгромила объединённые силы германских и сицилийских войск, ведомых королём Сицилии Манфредом”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “26 de febrero Se produce la batalla de Benevento, que enfrentó a los sicilianos de Manfredo de Hohenstaufen con los franceses de Carlos I de Anjou”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page