List of military leaders of the Italian Wars

+ Key: Allegiance This is a list of military leaders of the Italian Wars.

Portrait Name Allegiance Notes Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard France Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Spain Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua Republic of Venice Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard France Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours France Killed at the Battle of Cerignola. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Spain Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto Spain (until 1512)France (after 1515) Captured by the French at the Battle of Ravenna (1512). Entered the service of Francis I of France in 1515. Gian Giacomo Trivulzio France Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard France Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours France Killed at the Battle of Ravenna. Charles d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont France Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec France Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance France Franz von Sickingen Holy Roman Empire Ramon de Cardona Spain Fernando d'Avalos, Marquess of Pescara Spain/Holy Roman Empire Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna, but permitted to ransom himself. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk England Niccolò di Pitigliano Republic of Venice Lucio Malvezzo Republic of Venice Fabrizio Colonna Papal States Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna. Prospero Colonna Papal States Taken prisoner shortly before the Battle of Marignano. Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua Papal States Bartolomeo d'Alviano Republic of Venice Taken prisoner at the Battle of Agnadello, but later released. Andrea Doria France Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard France Killed at the Battle of the Sesia. Anne de Montmorency France Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia. Guillaume Gouffier, Seigneur de Bonnivet France Killed at the Battle of Pavia. Francis I of France France Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia. Richard de la Pole France Killed at the Battle of Pavia. Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec France Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance France Charles de Lannoy Holy Roman Empire/Spain Viceroy of Naples; overall commander of the Imperial armies after the death of Prospero Colonna in 1523. Antonio de Leyva Spain Henry III of Nassau-Breda Holy Roman Empire Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk England Prospero Colonna Papal States Overall commander of the Imperial forces until his death in 1523. Giovanni de' Medici Papal States Spain France Charles III, Duke of Bourbon France Holy Roman EmpireBourbon officially pledged his allegiance to Henry VIII of England in 1524, but continued to command Imperial troops until his death. (after 1523) Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec France Died during the Siege of Naples. Giovanni de' Medici France Killed fighting near Mantua. Philibert of Châlon Holy Roman Empire/Spain Killed at the Battle of Gavinana. Charles III, Duke of Bourbon Holy Roman Empire Killed during the Sack of Rome. Georg von Frundsberg Holy Roman Empire Francesco Ferruccio Florence Killed at the Battle of Gavinana. Andrea Doria France (1526–27) Spain (1528–29) Sampieru Corsu France Francis, Duke of Guise France Sampieru Corsu France René of Châlon Holy Roman Empire/Spain Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquess del Vasto Spain/Holy Roman Empire Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk England Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha Ottoman Empire Sampieru Corsu France

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