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The First Italian War/ Italian War of Charles VIII (1494-96) was an unsuccessful French attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Naples, and helped trigger over half a century of warfare in Italy, which ended with Spain as the dominant power.
Combined with the ambition of Ludovico Sforza, its collapse allowed Charles VIII of France to invade Naples in 1494, which drew in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Although Charles was forced to withdraw in 1495, ongoing political divisions among the Italian states made them a battleground in the struggle for European domination between France ...
Sep 26, 2022 · From 1494 it was plunged into what he and others regarded as a series of “calamities,” triggered by the French kings Charles VIII (r. 1483–1498) and Louis XII (r. 1498–1515), who claimed to rule the kingdom of Naples and the duchy of Milan, respectively.
France: Charles VIII (invaded Italy in 1494), Louis XII (invaded in 1499), and Francis I (invaded in 1515 and 1524) Spain: first under King Ferdinand of Aragon (joined the Holy League in 1495), then under Charles V (the Holy Roman Emperor- who was also King of Spain- from 1519 onward).
7 April 1498: Charles VIII of France died and was succeeded by his cousin Louis, Duke of Orléans as Louis XII. Louis had participated in the previous war, primarily in the Siege of Novara (1495). 9 February 1499: Treaty of Blois (1499), secret alliance between France and Venice to partition the Duchy of Milan. Second Italian War (1499–1501)
- 1499-1504
- Italy
The French could not hold out against such a coalition, for they now faced war on two fronts. Henry VIII attacked the north of France, and Louis XII, like Charles VIII, was checkmated. Charles VIII of France (r. 1483-1498) continued Louis XI's policy of extending the royal domain by marrying the heiress of the duchy of Brittany.
Dec 5, 2016 · The French Descent into Renaissance Italy, 1494–95. : David Abulafia. Routledge, Dec 5, 2016 - History - 512 pages. The French invasion of Italy under Charles VIII in...
