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Outbreak of the War of the League of Cambrai (1508)

Type Event Region Italy Time 1508

On December 10, 1508, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, King Louis XII of France, and others concluded a military alliance at Cambrai to partition the…

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  1. 1508Northern Italy · LombardyVenetian expansion in Italy aroused the displeasure of France, the Empire, the Papal States, and the Iberian states. The parties negotiated secretly at Cambrai, ostensibly in the name of 'resisting the Turks' but actually planning to partition Venice's mainland territories; city-states such as Mantua and Ferrara were also promised the recovery of lost lands.
  2. 1508Cambrai · Hauts-de-FranceOn December 10, the Habsburg and Valois dynasties signed a dynastic treaty at Cambrai, and on the same day a broader anti-Venetian military alliance treaty was also ratified. The alliance agreed to launch joint operations against Venice and partition its territories in Lombardy, Veneto, and elsewhere.
  3. 1509Italian Peninsula · ItalyIn March 1509 Ferdinand II of Aragon joined the league, and Pope Julius II issued a sentence of excommunication against Venice on April 27. French forces crossed the Adda River into Venetian territory in early May, as the League of Cambrai transitioned from a diplomatic coalition to a full-scale military offensive.

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