✦ History

War of the League of Cognac

1526 – 1530

Result Habsburg victory; Treaty of Cambrai

Ended by Treaty of Cambrai

France, the Pope, Venice, Florence and others leagued against Charles V's Habsburgs; the Treaty of Cambrai ended it and Florence's republic fell.

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Battles 1

May 16, 1527
Sack of Rome (1527) Imperial capture of Rome Rome, Papal States Pope Clement VII, Caspar Röist

Key commanders

Holy Roman Empire 3

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor military commander Charles III, Duke of Bourbon military commander Philibert of Chalon military commander

France 3

Francis I of France military commander Odet de Foix, Viscount of Lautrec military commander François de Bourbon, Count of Saint-Pol military commander

Papal States 2

Pope Clement VII military commander Caspar Röist military commander