Imperial–Papal army

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The Imperial–Papal army was the combined military force of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the Papacy, deployed in campaigns such as the early 16th-century Italian Wars to assert imperial and papal authority over Italian states.

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Imperial–Papal army canonical 1
Papal army 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coalition army
early modern army
military alliance
activeDuring early 16th century
alliedWith Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Papal States NERFINISHED
areaOfOperations Central Italy NERFINISHED
Northern Italy NERFINISHED
conflict Italian War of 1521–1526 NERFINISHED
Italian War of 1526–1530 NERFINISHED
Italian Wars NERFINISHED
War of the League of Cognac NERFINISHED
era Early modern period
formedAs coalition between Charles V and the Pope
goal control of Italian states
defense of papal temporal power
hasAllegiance Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Papacy NERFINISHED
hasCommander Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
hasParticipant Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Papacy
historicalPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableFor participation in the Italian Wars
operatedIn Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) NERFINISHED
Papal States NERFINISHED
opposed Francis I of France NERFINISHED
Italian states allied with France
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
partOf Habsburg–Valois Wars NERFINISHED
purpose assert imperial authority in Italy
assert papal authority in Italy
religion Roman Catholicism
subordinateTo Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
the Pope NERFINISHED
usedLanguageOfCommand Italian
Latin
Spanish
usedMilitaryUnitType artillery
cavalry
infantry
usedTroopType Italian contingents
Landsknechts NERFINISHED
Spanish infantry
papal troops

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

Siege of Florence (1529–1530) opponent Imperial–Papal army
Battle of Civitate combatant Imperial–Papal army
this entity surface form: Papal army