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- In 1494 Ferdinand I of Naples died, and was succeeded by his unpopular son Alfonso II. Charles decided that this was the right moment to invade (First Italian War/ Italian War of Charles VIII). He crossed the Alps and then made a rapid advance down Italy. At Florence he deposed the Medici and restored the Republic.
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In the 63 years from 1494 to 1559, there were only 19 years of peace in Italy, and even in these years, there were smaller localized conflicts. These wars devastated the peninsula and they did great damage to the economy and society. The nature of warfare in this period was particularly brutal.
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 ...
- 1494–1498; 1499–1501; 1502–1504; 1508–1516; 1521–1530; 1536–1538; 1542–1546; 1551–1559
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 (Italian Wars, 1494-1559).
The war pitted Charles VIII of France, who had initial Milanese aid, against the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and an alliance of Italian powers led by Pope Alexander VI, known as the League of Venice. The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars.
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.
- 1499–1504
Jan 1, 2024 · Before the invasion, Charles VIII concentrated between the Lyon and Grenoble 37,000 troops, which included Swiss infantry and landsknechts (6-8 thousand). 20% of the Swiss were armed with arquebus, 25% – halberds, the rest – long peaks. The army had 14 thousand French infantrymen armed with bows, crossbows and arquebuses.
Sep 26, 2023 · 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. Despite being forced to withdraw in 1495, Charles showed the Italian states were both wealthy and vulnerable due to their political divisions.
