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War of the League of Cognac

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The looting of Rome, and the consequent removal of Clement from any real role in the war, prompted frantic action on the part of the French. On 30 April 1527, Henry VIII and Francis signed the Treaty of Westminster, pledging to combine their forces against Charles. Francis, having finally drawn Henry
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Doria, however, soon deserted the French for Charles. The siege collapsed as plague broke out in the French camp, killing most of the army along with Foix and Navarro. Andrea Doria's offensive in Genoa (where he soon broke the blockade of the city and forced the surrender of the French at
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family organized an attack on Rome to exploit the Papacy's moment of weakness, defeating the Papal forces and briefly seizing control of the city in September 1526. They were soon paid off and left the city
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itself and the various points dealing with Charles de Bourbon, who, having been killed two years prior, was no longer a candidate for leading an independent Kingdom of Provence. The final
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to Italy shortly before. The final terms largely mirrored those of the Treaty of Madrid three years earlier; Francis surrendered his rights to
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to meet with the Pope. Clement absolved the participants of the sack of Rome and promised to crown Charles. In return, he received
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Following the defeat of his armies, Francis sought peace with Charles. The negotiations began in July 1529 in the border city of
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in 1530, and, although the Prince of Orange himself was killed, the Imperial army won a decisive victory and the
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before his sons were to be released. Removed, however, were both the humiliating surrender of
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The Black Bands of Giovanni: Infantry and Diplomacy During the Italian Wars (1526–1528).
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Translated by Isola van den Hoven-Vardon. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Translated by Sydney Alexander. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.
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had quickly joined the French and seized much of the Genoese fleet—to
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alone continued to resist the Imperial forces, which were led by the
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for her nephew the Emperor (leading to its being known as the
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A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century.
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Index

French–Habsburg rivalry
Italian Wars

Siege of Florence
Treaty of Cambrai
Florentine Republic
hereditary monarchy
Pope Clement VII
Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Duchy of Ferrara
Republic of Genoa
Duchy of Mantua
Papal States
Kingdom of France
Swiss mercenaries
Papal States
Swiss Guards
Republic of Venice
Republic of Florence
Kingdom of England
Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of Navarre
Duchy of Milan
Charles V
Charles de Bourbon

Antonio de Leyva
Philibert of Châlon

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