Siege of Mézières

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The Siege of Mézières (1521) took place during the Italian War of 1521. An Imperial army besieged the city (now part of Charleville-Mézières), which was defended by French troops under the command of the Chevalier de Bayard and Anne de Montmorency; the siege was unsuccessful, and the determined French resistance gave Francis I time to concentrate his forces against Charles V.

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• Blockmans, Wim. Emperor Charles V, 1500–1558. Translated by Isola van den Hoven-Vardon. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0340731109.
• Hackett, Francis. Francis the First. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937.