Battle of Roccavione
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changes King Charles of Anjou loses hold on his Piedmont territory
| Battle of Roccavione | |||||||||
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Ghibellines:[1] Asti March of Montferrat March of Saluzzo |
Guelphs:[2] Charles of Anjou | ||||||||
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Thomas I of Saluzzo William VII of Montferrat [2][3] |
Philip of Lagonesse [2][3][4] | ||||||||
The Battle of Roccavione was the last battle of the invasion of the territory of Asti by Angevine troops from the Kingdom of Sicily. Charles I of Sicily was defeated, and his entire invasion failed. The battle was also the end of the Astigiani participation in the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, and the end of Charles' intervention in the rest of the Italian Peninsula.
Charles I of Sicily had landed in Piedmont to challenge the commune of Asti, who defeated Thomas II of Savoy's army at the Battle of Montebruno and subsequently moved at the conquest of Asti. Charles defeated a coalition of Ghibellines at the Battle of Cassano in 1259, and he was determined to bring down the Astigiani forces that remained. He found an Astigiani force waiting for him at Roccavione, in what is now the province of Cuneo.