Battle of Tagliacozzo

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Battle of Tagliacozzo
Part of Investiture Controversy and Guelph-Ghibelline conflict
Date 23 August 1268 Location Palentine Plains (Scurcola Marsicana),[1] province of L'Aquila, present-day Italy Result Guelph-Angevin victory Conradin executed
Belligerents
Guelphs Support: House of Anjou	Ghibellines Support: House of Hohenstaufen
Commanders and leaders
Charles of Anjou	Conradin
Strength
3,000–5,000	5,000–6,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

The Battle of Tagliacozzo was fought on 23 August 1268 between the Ghibelline supporters of Conradin of Hohenstaufen and the Guelph army of Charles of Anjou. The battle represented the last act of Hohenstaufen power in Italy. The capture and execution of Conradin a couple of months after the battle also marked the fall of the family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.