Siege of Florence

Name: Siege of Florence
Start: 1529
End: 1530

Type Event Region Europe Time 1529–1530

From October 1529 to August 1530, imperial troops of the Holy Roman Empire, backed by pope Clement VII, besieged the Republic of Florence and ultimat…

Timeline

1527–1529Florence · TuscanyAfter the Sack of Rome, Florentine republicans, with figures such as Niccolò Machiavelli participating, restored the republican constitution and again expelled the Medici family. The republic joined the League of Cognac, becoming the anti-Habsburg stronghold in Tuscany.
1529–1530Florence · TuscanyImperial commander Philibert of Chalon, with papal support, surrounded Florence, cut supply lines, and launched repeated assaults. The republicans resisted stubbornly under commanders such as Francesco Ferrucci, but outside aid was cut off.
1530Florence · TuscanyAfter a ten-month siege, the Florentine republicans surrendered. Alessandro de' Medici became duke with imperial backing, and the republic ended. The battle brought the War of the League of Cognac to a close and established Habsburg dominance in Italy.

Sources

Michael Mallett, The Italian Wars 1494–1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe — Michael Mallett (2008)