Duchy of Milan (Military Occupation)

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Period of Austrian Military Occupation of Milan during the Italian Wars.

Establishment

July 1526: Holy Roman emperor Charles V sends an army under the command of the Constable of Bourbon to Italy. He comes to lay siege to Milan, which capitulates.

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.

January 1530: Lombardy was reconfirmed to the Sforzas.

1.1.1.Imperial Annexion of Lombardy

Was the invasion of Lombardy by the Imperial and Spanish forces during the War of the League of Cognac.

1.1.2.French invasion of Lombardy

Was the French invasion of Lombardy during the War of the League of Cognac.

October 1527: French forces occupy Alessandria.

October 1527: Pavia is sacked by French forces led by general Odet de Foix.

June 1529: In 1529, France suffered a defeat at the hands of the Imperial troops at Landriano, resulting in the loss of control over the Duchy of Milan, along with Lombardy and Liguria.