Italian War of 1521–1526
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The Italian War of 1521–1526, sometimes known as the Four Years' War, was a part of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Francis I of France and the Republic of Venice against the Holy Roman Emperor Charl
The Battle of Pavia, by an unknown Flemish artist
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (c. 1630)
Pope Clement VII (c. 1526), Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Jörg Breu the Elder's woodcut of the Battle of Pavia (made c.1525), British Museum
Italian Wars
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The Italian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between 1494 and 1559 in the Italian Peninsula, with subsidiary theatres in Flanders, the Rhineland and Mediterranean Sea. A product of the long-runn
Italian War of 1521–1526
…The Italian War of 1521–1526, sometimes known as the Four Years' War (French: Sixième guerre d'Italie, lit. 'sixth war of Italy'), was a part of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Francis I of France and the Republic of Venice against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Henry VIII of England, and the Papal States…
Left to right, top to bottom: Battle of Fornovo, 1495 Battle of Ravenna, 1512 Battle of Marignano, 1515 Battle of Pavia, 1525 Battle of Ceresole, 1544 Battle of St. Quentin, 1557
Italy after the 1454 Peace of Lodi
Louis XII
Emperor Maximilian, c. 1508