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Aftermath of the War of the League of Cambrai

Type Event Region Italy Time 1515

Around 1515 the War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516) drew to a close amid a sharp diplomatic realignment;…

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  1. 1513–1515European diplomatic stage · EuropeThe anti-Venetian League of Cambrai formed in 1508 had long been defunct; France and Spain shifted from cooperation to rivalry, while the Papal States and Venice adjusted their positions, loosening the old treaty order.
  2. 1515Lombardy · LombardyFrancis I campaigned in person, crossed the Alps into Italy, defeated the Swiss Confederation at Marignano, and recovered Milan, marking a French resurgence in the later War of the Cambrai.
  3. 1515–1516Italy · ItalyAfter Marignano, France began new rounds of negotiation with Switzerland, Spain, and others; the aftermath of the Cambrai war drove fresh treaties, and the Italian city-states fell further into dependence on the great powers.

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