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Holy Roman Empire joins the League of Cambrai (1508)
On 10 December 1508 Maximilian I and Louis XII of France concluded an anti-Venice military league at Cambrai, later joined by Pope Julius II and Ferd…
Timeline
- 1508Trent · TrentinoIn early 1508 Maximilian led troops through Venetian territory toward Rome for his coronation but was blocked; territorial disputes with Venice over Padua, Verona, and elsewhere intensified, providing the motive for an anti-Venice league.
- 1508Cambrai · Hauts-de-FranceOn 10 December 1508 Maximilian's daughter Margaret and French cardinal representatives signed two treaties at Cambrai: a dynastic agreement, and a secret military league nominally against the Ottomans but in fact directed at Venice.
- 1509Padua · VenetoIn 1509 Pope Julius II formally joined the league; French forces defeated Venice at Agnadello, and Maximilian recovered Padua and other places, but Franco-papal tensions within the league quickly surfaced.
Sources
- League of Cambrai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Cambrai
- League of Cambrai https://www.britannica.com/topic/League-of-Cambrai
- War of the League of Cambrai, 1508-1510 — J. Rickard https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_league_cambrai.html