High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Battle of Ceresole (or C risoles) was an encounter between a French army and the combined forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire during the Italian War of 1542-46. The lengthy engagement took place on April 11, 1544, outside the village of Ceresole d'Alba in the Piedmont region of Italy; the French, under Fran ois de Bourbon, Count of Enghien, defeated the Spanish-Imperial army of Alfonso d'Avalos...