League of Cognac (1526–30) was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V—primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain—and the League of Cognac, an alliance...

The Festival Polar de Cognac (lit. "Thriller Festival of Cognac") is an annual French arts festival that takes place in Cognac, France, since 1996. The...

1527 by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, during the War of the League of Cognac. Charles V only intended to threaten military action...

because it had been signed under duress. France then joined the League of Cognac that Pope Clement VII had formed with Henry VIII of England, the Venetians...

former Soviet Union, the Armenian brandy is marketed as cognac (Russian: армянский коньяк, romanized: armjanskij konjak). In 1900, the brandy won the Grand-prix...

Previously named as Cognac (Serbian: Коњак, romanized: Konjak), it was renamed when stricter laws governing what may be branded Cognac came into force. The...

The sack of Pavia took place in 1527 during the War of the League of Cognac. The city was defended on behalf of the Emperor Charles V by Count Ludovico...

Francis of Orléans was born on 12 September 1494 at the Château de Cognac in the town of Cognac, which at that time lay in the province of Saintonge, a part...

stagnation, which only began to recover under Napoleon III with the rise of cognac production and industrialization in Angoulême. The region corresponding...

with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf, would pour himself a glass of cognac (or cherry brandy, amontillado, or scotch whisky) and raise a toast to Poe's...