Battle of Ceresole

Date: April 11, 1544 • Location: Ceresole Alba, Italy

Italian War of 1542–1546: French and Spanish forces fought a massive pitched battle in the Piedmont region of Italy.

The Italian War of 1542–1546 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of England. The course of the war saw extensive fighting in Italy, France, and the Low Countries, as well as attempted invasions of Spain and England. The conflict was inconclusive and ruinously expensive for the major participants.