Battle of Motta (1412)
In 1409, during the 20-year Hungarian civil war between King Sigismund and the Neapolitan house of Anjou, the losing contender, Ladislaus of Naples, sold his "rights" on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100,000 ducats.[12] The initial Hungarian success[6] and the heavy losses that the Venetians sustained[9] forced the Republic into a peace negotiation (March 24, 1412)[12] in which King Sigismund demanded the city of Zadar, reinstatement of the Scaliger and Carraresi to their fiefdoms and a reparation of 600,000 ducats.[4] The Venetians increased their army[9] and at the head of 35,000 men, Carlo Malatesta reentered the field in Friuli conquering the castles of Polcenigo and Aviano.[9] On August 24, 3,000 Hungarians (including Germans, Friulians and Bohemians)[15] under Pippo Spano[9][10] assaulted the Venetian camp from three sides.[6] After the failed siege of Vicenza, which decimated the Hungarian force,[4] a truce for five years with exchange of prisoners was finally concluded on April 17, 1413.