The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Charles VIII of France, who had initial...

The Italian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between 1494 and 1559, mostly in the Italian Peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland...

the son of Alfonso II of Naples and the grandson of Ferrante I of Naples. At the start of the Italian Wars in 1495, Alfonso abdicated in favor of his son...

Duke of Milan. The invasion set off a series of wars that would last from 1494 until 1559 and would become known as the "Italian Wars". In 1495, Ludovico...

(1495 – 1510, Spain) Gilbert was made the Viceroy of Naples in 1495 after king Charles VIII of France occupied the city in the Italian War of 1494–1495...

during the Italian Wars, holding command twice and earning the name "The Great Captain". The Italian Wars began in 1494 when Charles VIII of France marched...

Christine (2012). The Italian Wars 1494–1559. Pearson. Nicolle, David (1996). Fornovo 1495. Osprey Publishing. Roeder, Ralph (1933). The Man of the Renaissance...

as the son of Fortuna, (c. 1460 – 24 February 1525) was an Italian-French condottiere and Grand Écuyer de France; Marquis of Bobbio, Count of Caiazzo, Castel...

November 1494, Ludovico gave the bronze to his father-in-law Ercole d'Este to be used to forge cannons to defend the city from the invasion of Charles...

despotic rule, and the exploitation of the poor. In September 1494, when King Charles VIII of France invaded Italy and threatened Florence, Savonarola's...