Battle of Fornovo
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The Battle of Fornovo took place 30 km southwest of the city of Parma on 6 July 1495. It was fought as King Charles VIII of France left Naples upon hearing the news of the grand coalition assembled ag
Bataille de Fornoue, 6 juillet 1495 (oil on canvas by Éloi Firmin Féron, 1837) depicts king Charles VIII on the left and Bayard on the right.
Italian War of 1494–1495
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The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Charles VIII of France, who had initial Milanese aid, against the Holy Roman Empire, Spa
Battle of Fornovo
…Sforza, that unless Charles was stopped Italy would soon just be another province of France. The Italian states rallied and on March 31 in Venice, the Holy League was proclaimed. The signatories were the Republic of Venice, the Duke of Milan, the Pope, the monarchs of Castile and Aragon, the King of England and…
Entry of French troops in Naples, February 22, 1495, from the Figurative Chronicle of the Fifteenth Century by Melchiorre Ferraiolo
Beatrice d'Este at the age of 18 (1494).
Battle of Fornovo, 6 July 1495.
Francesco II Gonzaga at the Battle of Taro, Jacopo Tintoretto, 1578–1579.