The Battle of Fossalta is an en episode of the War of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in northern Italy. It took place in Fossalta, a small location on the Panaro river, and is especially remembered for the capture of Enzio of Sardinia, son of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. In the spring of 1249, a Guelph Romagnol army of the Lombard League advanced to the Panaro.

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  • The Battle of Fossalta is an en episode of the War of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in northern Italy. It took place in Fossalta, a small location on the Panaro river, and is especially remembered for the capture of Enzio of Sardinia, son of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. In the spring of 1249, a Guelph Romagnol army of the Lombard League advanced to the Panaro. The army was composed of 3,000 Knights and 2,000 foot soldiers from the Margrave Azzo VII d'Este and 1,000 Knights and 800 foot soldiers of Bolognese militias from Porta Stieri, Porta San Procolo and Porta Ravegnana. The army was led by the Brescian Filippo Ugoni, who had victoriously defended Milan while besieged by Emperor Frederick II, and accompanied by Ottaviano degli Ubaldini, the Cardinal of Bologna. The Guelph army threatened the Ghibelline city of Modena and therefor the Modenese had requested help from Enzio of Sardinia, who was then imperial vicar in northern Italy, and resided at Cremona. Enzio organised a massive army of 15,000 men, composed of Imperial Germans and Lombard Ghibellines from Cremona and Modena. He led the army across the Po by using his self-constructed bridge at Bugno. They arrived at the Fossalta stream, some 5 km north of Modena. Both armies faced each other for days, yet none dared to attack the other. On the 26th of May 1249, Enzio ordered his troops to assume a formation, he split his army into 3 corps and positioned them into 2 lines. Ugoni divided his forces into 4 corps on a broad line. Once, the 2,000 additional troops from Bologna had arrived, Ugoni charged for battle. At dawn, the Guelph army furiously attacked Enzio, after a long struggle, the Guelphs were brought to a halt. But Bolognese attacks continued all morning and all day long. The Imperial army resisted each attack, but the skirmish was fierce and bloody. By evening the Imperial line was bent and Enzio's horse was killed underneath him. The Bolognese advanced and the Imperial force started to flee. The fleeing Imperial force, who fought with the network of canals and streams in their back, were now an easy target for the Bolognese and many were killed or taken prisoner.
  • La bataille de Fossalta eut lieu à Fossalta sul Panarole 26 mai 1249 entre les Guelfes bolonais et les troupes du troupes impériales alliées des Gibelins des villes de Modène et Crémone. La victoire revint aux Bolonais.
  • La battaglia di Fossalta, svoltasi nel 1249, fu lo scontro tra lo svevo re Enzo e l'esercito del Comune di Bologna.
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  • The Battle of Fossalta is an en episode of the War of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in northern Italy. It took place in Fossalta, a small location on the Panaro river, and is especially remembered for the capture of Enzio of Sardinia, son of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. In the spring of 1249, a Guelph Romagnol army of the Lombard League advanced to the Panaro.
  • La bataille de Fossalta eut lieu à Fossalta sul Panarole 26 mai 1249 entre les Guelfes bolonais et les troupes du troupes impériales alliées des Gibelins des villes de Modène et Crémone. La victoire revint aux Bolonais.
  • La battaglia di Fossalta, svoltasi nel 1249, fu lo scontro tra lo svevo re Enzo e l'esercito del Comune di Bologna.
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