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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.
La batalla de Benevento tuvo lugar el 26 de febrero de 1266, y enfrentó a los sicilianos de Manfredo de Hohenstaufen con los franceses de Carlos I de Anjou, que saldrían victoriosos. Carlos de Anjou era el elegido del papa contra los Hohenstaufen, dinastía reinante en Sicilia.
Battle of Benevento, (26 February 1266). This battle was the result of the long-running power struggle in Italy, between the Guelfs (supporters of the papacy) and the Ghibellines (supporters of the Holy Roman Empire). The defeat of Manfred of Sicily marked a triumph for the papacy and all but destroyed the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
La batalla de Benevento tuvo lugar el 26 de febrero de 1266, y enfrentó a los sicilianos de Manfredo de Hohenstaufen con los franceses de Carlos I de Anjou, que saldrían victoriosos.
WHEN CHARLES, COUNT OF ANJOU and brother of King Louis IX of France, emerged with his assembled forces from the Samnite Apennines to arrive on the east shoulder of Monte San Vitale just above the fortified city of Benevento on the afternoon of 25 February 1266, his heart must have sunk.
The papacy recruited Count Charles of Anjou to lead an army to oust King Manfred of Sicily. The matter was settled at Benevento in 1266 in a grand clash of mounted knights.
26 de feb. de 2017 · AncientPages.com - On February 26, 1266, the battle was fought near Benevento (in present-day Southern Italy). The troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily were involved in the conflict. Manfred's defeat and death ended the rule of the House of Staufen (of Hohenstaufen), a dynasty of German kings (1138–1254) in the Italian Peninsula.
