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War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy.
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War of the League of Cambrai
Fourth & Fifth phase of the Italian Wars (1508–1516)
The War of the League of Cambrai, also known by its second stage as the War of the Holy League, was fought from February 1508 to December 1516, as part of the wider Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The main participants of the war, who fought for its entire duration, were France, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Swiss mercenaries
Historical Swiss mercenary infantry forces
The Swiss mercenaries were a powerful infantry force constituting professional soldiers originating from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. They were notable for their service in foreign armies, especially among the military forces of the kings of France, throughout the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Novara (1513)
Battle of the War of the League of Cambrai
The Battle of Novara was a battle of the War of the League of Cambrai fought on 6 June 1513, near Novara, in Northern Italy. A French attacking force was routed by allied Milanese–Swiss troops. As a consequence, France was forced to withdraw entirely from Italy.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Novara
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Duchy of Milan
Former duchy in Italy (1395–1447; 1450–1796)
The Duchy of Milan was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had been ruling the city since 1277. At that time, it included twenty-six towns and the wide rural area of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)