Italian War of 1551–1559
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The Italian War of 1551–1559 began when Henry II of France declared war against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, with the intent of recapturing parts of Italy and ensuring French, rather than Habsburg,
The Battle of Scannagallo in 1554 by Giorgio Vasari, in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence
Henry II remitting the Order of Saint-Michel to Marshall de Tavannes after the Battle of Renty, on 13 August 1554
The fatal tournament between Henry II and Montgomery (Lord of "Lorges")
Battle of Marciano
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The Battle of Marciano occurred in the countryside of Marciano della Chiana, near Arezzo, Tuscany, on August 2, 1554, during the Italian War of 1551. The battle pitted an army of the Duchy of Florence
Italian War of 1551–1559
…1553–1559: Invasion of Corsica (1553). Ottomans & French temporarily occupied most of Corsica. 2 August 1554: Battle of Marciano or Scannagallo. Decisive Florentine-Spanish victory over Siena and France. 12 August 1554: Battle of Renty. French victory over Imperial army…
The Battle of Scannagallo by Giorgio Vasari, in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence.
View of the Scannagallo battlefield from Santa Luce hill to Poggio delle Donne, after the battle name Santa Vittoria (the holy victory). The battlefield is still probably as 500 years ago surrounded by fields, olive trees and vineyards and with a small river in the place of the old one.
The Battle of Marciano in an early print.