Holy Roman Empire and Spain (Military Occupation)

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Territories militarly occupied by Spain and Austria that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

May 1527: After the conquest and sack of Rome by the troops of Emperor Charles V, the imperial army de facto controlled Latium.

Chronology

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1. Italian Wars

Were a series of conflicts covering the period between 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France, and their Habsburg opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

1.1.War of the League of Cognac

Was one of the so-called Italian Wars. It was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V —primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain— and the League of Cognac, an alliance including the Kingdom of France, Pope Clement VII, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Florence.

1.1.1.Imperial Conquest and Sack of the Papal States

Was the invasion of Central Italy by the Imperial forces that ended with the Sack of Rome, during the War of the League of Cognac.

February 1528: The Imperial Army, led by Charles V of Spain, left Latium in 1528 after being brought back under control by new leaders and receiving payment. The army, consisting of approximately 12,000 men, then moved on to Naples on February 17, 1528, following the army of the league.