Ferrara (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Ferrara that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

June 1509: Alfonso I d'Este. The latter, after having joined the League and having been previously appointed Gonfaloniere of the Church on 19 April, annexed Polesine to his territories.

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 Cambrai

Was one of the so-called Italian wars.

1.1.1.First Phase - The league of Cambrai

Was the first phase of the War of the League of Cambrai, one of the so-called Italian Wars.

1.1.1.1.French invasion of Venice (War of the League of Cambrai)

Was a French invasion of the Republic of Venice during the War of the League of Cambrai.

1.1.1.2.Venetian Counterattack (War of the League of Cambrai)

Was the Venetian counterattack against the invasion of its territories by Louis XII of France.

November 1509: In 1509, these territories were reconquered by the Republic of Venice under the leadership of Doge Leonardo Loredan and Captain-General Bartolomeo d'Alviano. The cities of Bassano, Feltre, Belluno, Cividale, Castel Nuovo, Monselice, Montagnana, and the Polesine region were brought back under Venetian control.