Siege of Mirandola (1551) 1551
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1551 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Italy | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Italian War of 1551–1559 | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, Empire of Charles V, Kingdom of France, Papal States | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 44.8890, 11.0657 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Mirandola took part in 1551, carried on by Pope Julius III against the city, which had allied with France during the last of the Italian Wars.
As during the War of the League of Cambrai, the fortified city-state of Mirandola had again allied with France. Like his predecessor Julius II had made in 1511, Pope Julius III in 1551 sent against it an army under generals Camillo Orsini and Alessandro Vitelli, along with his nephew, Giovanni Battista del Monte, who later proved inept at military matters.
Despite the alliance with the Emperor Charles V and his imperial support, the siege dragged on for months due to rivalry between the papal commanders. Differently from the 1511 siege, the ditches did not get iced, and sallies from besieged knights hampered communications between the four forts built by the besiegers around the citadel.
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