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War of the League of Cognac: The French army under Francis de Bourbon was destroyed in Lombardy, Italy, by the Spanish army.
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Seventh phase of the Italian Wars (1526–1530)
The War of the League of Cognac (1526–1530) was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V—primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain—and the League of Cognac, an alliance including the Kingdom of France, Pope Clement VII, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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French prince and governor (1491-1544/5)
François de Bourbon, comte de Saint-Pol was a French governor, soldier, royal favourite and Prince du sang. The son of François de Bourbon and Marie de Luxembourg, François was the heir to the comté de Saint-Pol from his mother. At the advent of the reign of the king François I,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1529 battle during the War of the League of Cognac
The Battle of Landriano took place on 21 June 1529, between the French army under Comte de Saint-Pol and the Imperial–Spanish army commanded by Don Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova in the context of the War of the League of Cognac. The French army was destroyed and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lombardy
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