Venetian Holy League

Timeline

1. 1495Venice · VeniceAfter Charles VIII occupied Naples, Ludovico Sforza, fearing the French king would also press claims on Milan, approached Alexander VI. Venice, its mainland territories threatened, became the hub of anti-French diplomacy. Spain joined to restore Aragonese influence in Naples, and Maximilian to assert imperial rights.
2. 1495Venice · VeniceThe treaty of 31 March was concluded at Venice among Alexander VI, Maximilian I, Ferdinand and Isabella, Venice represented by Doge Barbarigo, and Ludovico Sforza. The league pledged mutual defense for twenty-five years, specifying each party's contribution of cavalry, infantry or equivalent funds, and proclaimed purposes of resisting the Ottomans as well as expelling the French.
3. 1495Northern Italy · ItalyAfter the treaty's publication, Venice and Milan assembled allied forces in Lombardy and Emilia, while Spain pressed from the direction of Naples. Charles VIII abandoned consolidating his southern rule and marched his main force north. League forces advanced to the Taro river line to intercept; fighting then developed at Fornovo, which this entry does not elaborate on.