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History of France

Italian Wars

© Bernard van Orley

History of France

Italian Wars

1494 Jan 1 - 1559
Italian Peninsula, Cansano, Province of L'Aquila,
Italian Wars
Detail of a tapestry depicting the Battle of Pavia with the alleged portrait of Galeazzo Sanseverino © Bernard van Orley

The Italian Wars, also known as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, refers to a series of conflicts covering the period 1494 to 1559 that took place primarily in the Italian peninsula. The main belligerents were the Valois kings of France and their opponents in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Many of the Italian states were involved on one side or the other, along with England and the Ottoman Empire.

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