War of the League of Cambrai
February 1508 – December 1516
Result Treaties of Noyon and Brussels
Shifting alliances of France, the Papacy, the Empire, Spain and Venice fought for northern Italy; the treaties of Noyon and Brussels ended the war.
Battles 4
May 24, 1509
Battle of Agnadello
French victory
Near Agnadello, between Milan and Bergamo, present-day Italy
Louis XII, Charles II d'Amboise, Bartolomeo d'Alviano
April 21, 1512
Battle of Ravenna (1512)
Franco-Ferrarese victory
Near Ravenna, present-day Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Jacques de La Palice, Ramón de Cardona
September 19, 1513
Battle of Flodden
English victory
Near Branxton, Northumberland, England
Catherine of Aragon, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, James IV
September 23–24, 1515
Battle of Marignano
Franco-Venetian victory
Near Melegnano, southeast of Milan, present-day Italy
Francis I of France, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Marx Röist
Key commanders
Papal States 6
Kingdom of England 6
France 8
Louis XII
military commander
Charles II d'Amboise
military commander
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours
military commander
Jacques de La Palice
military commander
Francis I of France
military commander
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
military commander
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
military commander
Bartolomeo d'Alviano
military commander






