Udine, the patriarchate's capital, resists the troops …
Years: 1419 - 1419
December
Udine, the patriarchate's capital, resists the troops of Tristano Savorgnan.
Louis receives the support of Henry VI of Gorizia.
Six thousand patriarchal and Hungarian troops, backed by the Carraresi of Padua and the counts of Oltenburg, besiege Cividale for one hundred and fifteen days, but are defeated by a rescue army sent by Venice in December 1419.
Henry is captured, while Louis flees to Hungary.
The successful campaign waged in Friuli by the Venetians leads to their solid control over the region by 1419, resulting in the expansion of Venice’s borders northward to the Carnic Alps and eastward to the Julian Alps.
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Aquileia, Patriarchate of (state)
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Holy Roman Empire
