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BATTLE OF TAGLIACOZZO

The Battle of Tagliacozzo was a victory for Charles I of Naples and Sicily over the Imperial army of Conradin, on August the 23rd 1268. After the death of Manfred, the imperial nominee to the throne of Sicily, and the assumption by Charles of the crowns of Sicily and Naples, Conradin, the last of the Hohenstaufens invaded Italy with an army comprised of Italians, Germans and Saracens, and marched to about a mile north of the village of Tagliacozzo where he was met by the army of Charles, and defeated. Conradin was captured and later executed.
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