Siege of Mirandola (1511)

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Siege of Mirandola
Part of the War of the League of Cambrai
Pope Julius II on the walls of Mirandola (Raffaello Tancredi, oil on canvas, 1890)
Date January 1511 Location Mirandola, Emilia (present-day Italy) Result Venetian-Papal victory
Belligerents
Papal States Duchy of Urbino Spanish Empire  Republic of Venice	Duchy of Mirandola Duchy of Ferrara Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Pope Julius II
Units involved
2.500 infantrymen 400 knights 100/150 man of arms	400 infantrymen 100 estense soldiers 70 Mirandola's soldiers
Casualties and losses
400 casualties	100 casualties

The siege of Mirandola occurred in January 1511 as a part of Pope Julius II's campaign to keep France from dominating northern Italy during the War of the League of Cambrai. At that time Mirandola was the capital of the Duchy of Mirandola in the Italian region of Emilia. The siege was conducted by Julius after he had broken away from the League of Cambrai and entered into a treaty with Venice.^[1]