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Lorenzo de' Medici's Alliance with Venice

Type Event Region Europe Time 1483

In 1483, Florence's de facto ruler Lorenzo de' Medici formed a military alliance with the Republic of Venice against Milan and the Papacy in the War …

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  1. 1482–1483Italian Peninsula · ItalyAfter the pope and Naples attacked Ferrara, Milan backed the Duke of Ferrara while Venice intervened in the northern war, leaving Florence pressured to choose sides.
  2. 1483Florence and Venice · TuscanyLorenzo pushed Florence and Venice into a formal alliance, agreeing to coordinate in the War of Ferrara against the Milan–Papal side and to promise mutual military aid.

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