The Italian Wars, often known as the Great Wars of Italy and sometimes as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, were a long series of wars fought between 1494 and 1559 in Italy during the Renaissance.[1]
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Part of the French–Habsburg rivalry |
Detail of a tapestry depicting the Battle of Pavia, woven from a cartoon by Bernard van Orley (c. 1531). |
Date | 1494–1498; 1499–1501; 1502–1504; 1508–1516; 1521–1530; 1536–1538; 1542–1546; 1551–1559 |
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- Treaties of Noyon and Brussels (1516)
- French rule in the Duchy of Milan recognized by the Holy Roman Empire
- Spanish rule in the Kingdom of Naples recognized by France
- Republic of Venice retains the Domini di Terraferma
- Congress of Bologna (1530)
- Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)
- Philip II of Spain recognised as Duke of Milan and King of Naples
- Henri II of France gains the Three Bishoprics, Calais, and various fortresses
- Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I retains the Imperial feudal network in Italy
- Savoyard state under Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy; Genoa retains Corsica; Florence annexes Siena
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The conflicts involved the major powers of Italy and Europe.