Italian Wars

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European war series of wars

The Italian Wars were a series of major conflicts from the late 15th to mid-16th century in which France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and other European powers fought for control of the Italian peninsula, reshaping the political map of Europe.

Aliases (14)

Italian War of 1494–1498 ×2
First Italian War ×1
French invasion of Italy in 1494 ×1
Italian War of 1499–1504 ×1
Italian War of 1521–1526 ×1
Italian War of 1526–1530 ×1
Italian War of 1536–1538 ×1
Italian War of 1551–1559 ×1
Italian Wars (as part of Spain) ×1
Italian Wars of the early 16th century ×1
Second Italian War ×1
Third Italian War ×1
War of the League of Cambrai ×1
Wars in Italy ×1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European war → series of wars →
cause	Dynastic claims to the Duchy of Milan → Dynastic claims to the Kingdom of Naples → Rivalry between France and Habsburgs →
conflictType	Dynastic war → Habsburg–Valois conflict →
endTime	1559 →
followedBy	Eighty Years' War → surface form: "Dutch Revolt" French Wars of Religion →
hasEffect	Development of early modern infantry tactics → Increased use of gunpowder artillery in sieges → Militarization of European politics → Spread of Renaissance culture through Europe → Weakening of Italian city-states →
hasPart	Italian Wars → surface form: "First Italian War" League of Cambrai → surface form: "Fourth Italian War" Italian Wars → surface form: "Italian War of 1494–1498" Italian Wars → surface form: "Italian War of 1499–1504" League of Cambrai → surface form: "Italian War of 1508–1516" Italian Wars → surface form: "Italian War of 1521–1526" Italian Wars → surface form: "Italian War of 1526–1530" Italian Wars → surface form: "Italian War of 1536–1538" Italian War of 1542–1546 → Italian Wars → surface form: "Italian War of 1551–1559" Italian Wars → surface form: "Second Italian War" Italian Wars → surface form: "Third Italian War" Great Turkish War → surface form: "War of the Holy League" League of Cambrai → surface form: "War of the League of Cambrai" War of the League of Cognac →
historicalPeriod	Renaissance →
mainLocation	Italian Peninsula →
notableCommander	Bartolomeo d'Alviano → Bayard (Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard) → Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Charles VIII of France → Ferdinand II of Aragon → Francesco Guicciardini → Francis I of France → Georg von Frundsberg → Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba → Henry II of France → Louis XII of France → Pope Clement VII → Pope Julius II → Prospero Colonna →
participant	Crown of Aragon → Duchy of Ferrara → Duchy of Milan → Duchy of Savoy → Florence → Holy Roman Empire → Kingdom of England → Kingdom of France → Kingdom of Naples → Kingdom of Spain → Ottoman Empire → Papal States → Republic of Genoa → Republic of Venice → Old Swiss Confederacy → surface form: "Swiss Confederacy"
partOf	European wars of religion → surface form: "Early modern European conflicts"
result	Confirmation of Spanish control over Naples → Decline of French influence in Italy → Habsburg dominance in Italy → Shift of European power balance toward Habsburg Spain → Spanish control over Milan →
significantEvent	Battle of Agnadello → Battle of Ceresole → Battle of Fornovo → Battle of Gravelines → surface form: "Battle of Gravelines (1558)" Battle of Marignano → Battle of Pavia (1525) → Battle of Ravenna → Battle of St. Quentin (1557) → Italian Wars → surface form: "French invasion of Italy in 1494" Sack of Rome (1527) → Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis →
startTime	1494 →

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Chalon-Arlay → associatedWithConflict → Italian Wars →

Francis I of France → battle → Italian Wars →

Alfonso V of Aragon → conflict → Italian Wars →

this entity surface form: "Wars in Italy"

Crown of Aragon → conflict → Italian Wars →

this entity surface form: "Italian Wars (as part of Spain)"

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo → conflict → Italian Wars →

subject surface form: "Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba"

Henry VIII of England → conflict → Italian Wars →

Philip II of Spain → conflict → Italian Wars →

Pope Alexander VI → conflict → Italian Wars →

War of the League of Cognac → conflictIn → Italian Wars →

Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis → endedConflict → Italian Wars →

French Crown → engagedIn → Italian Wars →

Kingdom of Naples → event → Italian Wars →

Burgundian Wars → followedBy → Italian Wars →