. "Holy Roman Empire" . . "ensuing battle" . . "*600 knights" . . . "annihilated Manfred's army" . . . "*2,400 men-at-arms and mounted sergeants" . . . "battle of Benevento" . "*10,000 Saracen archers" . "DecisiveGuelphvictory" . "*15pxHouse of Anjou" . "Angevin conquest of the kingdom" . "*8,400 infantry" . "defeating Manfred's forces" . "*1,200 German mercenary knights and men-at-arms" . . "12,000 men" . "1266-02-26" . . . . . . . . "*300\u2013400 Saracen light horse" . "*15pxHouse of Hohenstaufen" . . "defeat and death" . "*15pxHouse of Capet" . "*1,000\u20131,400 Italo-Norman knights and men-at-arms" . . . "Unknown but comparatively light" . "Ghibellines" . "Papal States" . . "13,500\u201314,000 men" . . "Benevento" . . "Battle of Benevento" . "Battle of Benevento" . . . "Guelphs" . "*15pxPapal States" . "*600 crossbowmen" . . "*1,000 Italian mercenary horsemen" .