Charles de Bourbon

Timeline

1. 1490–1523Paris · Île-de-FranceA direct-line member of the House of Bourbon, he became constable of France in 1515 and won repeated distinction in the Italian Wars, before relations with Francis I deteriorated over disputes about his estates and royal debts.
2. 1523–1527Rome · Papal StatesAfter betraying France he joined Charles V, and in 1527 led a mutinous, unpaid imperial army in the siege of Rome, being shot dead at a breach in the walls on May 6; the army then ran amok and sacked Rome, shocking all of Europe.