This is a list of military leaders of the Italian Wars.
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Portrait | Name | Allegiance | Notes |
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Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard | France | ||
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba | Spain | ||
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua | Republic of Venice | ||
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard | France | ||
Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours | France | Killed at the Battle of Cerignola. | |
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba | Spain | ||
Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto | Spain (until 1512) France (after 1515) |
Captured by the French at the Battle of Ravenna (1512). Entered the service of Francis I of France in 1515. | |
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio | France | ||
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard | France | ||
Anne de Montmorency | France | ||
Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours | France | Killed at the Battle of Ravenna. | |
Charles d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont | France | ||
Francis I of France | France | ||
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec | France | ||
Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance | France | ||
Franz von Sickingen | Holy Roman Empire | ||
Ramon de Cardona | Spain | ||
Fernando d'Avalos, Marquess of Pescara | Spain | Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna, but permitted to ransom himself. | |
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | England | ||
Niccolò di Pitigliano | Republic of Venice | ||
Lucio Malvezzo | Republic of Venice | ||
Fabrizio Colonna | Papal States | Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna. | |
Prospero Colonna | Papal States | Taken prisoner shortly before the Battle of Marignano. | |
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua | Papal States | ||
Bartolomeo d'Alviano | Republic of Venice | Taken prisoner at the Battle of Agnadello, but later released. | |
Andrea Doria | France | ||
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard | France | Killed at the Battle of the Sesia. | |
Anne de Montmorency | France | Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia. | |
Guillaume Gouffier, Seigneur de Bonnivet | France | Killed at the Battle of Pavia. | |
Francis I of France | France | Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia. | |
Richard de la Pole | France | Killed at the Battle of Pavia. | |
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec | France | ||
Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance | France | ||
Charles de Lannoy | Spain | Spanish viceroy of Naples; overall commander of the Imperial armies after the death of Prospero Colonna in 1523. | |
Antonio de Leyva | Spain | ||
Fernando de Avalos, Marchese di Pescara | Spain | ||
Georg Frundsberg | Holy Roman Empire | ||
Henry III of Nassau-Breda | Holy Roman Empire | ||
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | England | ||
Prospero Colonna | Papal States | Overall commander of the Imperial forces until his death in 1523. | |
Giovanni de' Medici | Papal States Spain France |
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Charles III, Duke of Bourbon | France Holy Roman Empire (after 1523) |
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Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec | France | Died during the Siege of Naples. | |
Giovanni de' Medici | France | Killed fighting near Mantua. | |
Philibert of Châlon | Spain | Killed at the Battle of Gavinana. | |
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon | Holy Roman Empire | Killed during the Sack of Rome. | |
Georg von Frundsberg | Holy Roman Empire | ||
Francesco Ferruccio | Florence | Killed at the Battle of Gavinana. | |
Andrea Doria | France (1526–27) Spain (1528–29) |
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Sampieru Corsu | France | ||
Francis, Duke of Guise | France | ||
Sampieru Corsu | France | ||
René of Châlon | Spain | ||
Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquess del Vasto | Spain | ||
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | England | ||
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha | Ottoman Empire | ||
Sampieru Corsu | France |
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