Battle of Marignano
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The Battle of Marignano, which took place on 13–14 September 1515, near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan, was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai. It p
Francis I Orders His Troops to Stop Pursuing the Swiss Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
Swiss mercenaries and German Landsknechts fighting for glory, fame, and money at Marignano (1515). The bulk of the Renaissance armies was composed of mercenaries[citation needed].
The battlefield of Marignano, drawing by Urs Graf, himself a Swiss mercenary who may have fought there.
Rudolfus Longus à Salis, of Soglio, sometime Governor of Pavia, killed at Marignano 1515.
Duchy of Milan
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The Duchy of Milan was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had ruled the city since 1277.
The 1422 Battle of Arbedo for control over Bellinzona
The battle of Crevola 1487 securing the Val d'Ossola
Francesco II, the last Sforza that ruled the Duchy