| Battle of Marignano | |||||||||
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| Part of the War of the League of Cambrai | |||||||||
 Francis I Orders His Troops to Stop Pursuing the Swiss, a Romantic 19th century work by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (Galerie des Batailles, Palace of Versailles) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 France Venice |
 Old Swiss Confederacy.svg){kind=small} Milan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Francis I Gian Giacomo Trivulzio Bartolomeo d'Alviano Louis de la Trémoille Charles III, Duke of Bourbon |
Marx Röist Maximilian Sforza Cardinal Mattheus Schiner | ||||||||
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22,200 men
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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5,000 dead Unknown wounded |
10,000 dead Unknown wounded | ||||||||
The Battle of Marignano was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai and took place on 13–14 September 1515. It took place near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan. It involved the French army led by Francis I, newly crowned King of France, against the Old Swiss Confederacy.
