Military leaders of the Italian Wars

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Key: Allegiance
     France
     Spain / Holy Roman Empire
     England
     Independent Italian states (Republic of Venice, Papal States, Florence, Duchy of Milan, and others)
     Changed allegiance
     Other

This is a list of military leaders of the Italian Wars.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
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
Anne de Montmorency France
Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours France Killed at the Battle of Ravenna.
Charles d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont France
Francis I of France 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 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 Spain Spanish viceroy of Naples; overall commander of the Imperial armies after the death of Prosper Colonna in 1523.
Antonio de Leyva Spain
Fernando de Avalos, Marchese di Pescara Spain
Georg Frundsberg Holy Roman Empire
Henry III of Nassau-Breda Holy Roman Empire
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk England
Prosper 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 Empire[1] (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 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 Spain
Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquess del Vasto Spain
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk England
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha Ottoman Empire
Sampieru Corsu France

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bourbon officially pledged his allegiance to Henry VIII of England in 1524, but continued to command Imperial troops until his death.

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