Military leaders of the Italian Wars

Key: Allegiance

France

Spain / Holy Roman Empire

England

Independent Italian states (Republic of Venice, Papal States, Florence, Duchy of Milan, and others)

Changed allegiance

Other

This is a list of military leaders of the Italian Wars.

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Portrait	Name	Allegiance	Notes
	Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France
	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba	Spain
	Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua	Republic of Venice
	Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France
	Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours	France	Killed at the Battle of Cerignola.
	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba	Spain
	Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto	Spain (until 1512) France (after 1515)	Captured by the French at the Battle of Ravenna (1512). Entered the service of Francis I of France in 1515.
	Gian Giacomo Trivulzio	France
	Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France
	Anne de Montmorency	France
	Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours	France	Killed at the Battle of Ravenna.
	Charles d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont	France
	Francis I of France	France
	Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec	France
	Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance	France
	Franz von Sickingen	Holy Roman Empire
	Ramon de Cardona	Spain
	Fernando d'Avalos, Marquess of Pescara	Spain	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna, but permitted to ransom himself.
	Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	England
	Niccolò di Pitigliano	Republic of Venice
	Lucio Malvezzo	Republic of Venice
	Fabrizio Colonna	Papal States	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna.
	Prospero Colonna	Papal States	Taken prisoner shortly before the Battle of Marignano.
	Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua	Papal States
	Bartolomeo d'Alviano	Republic of Venice	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Agnadello, but later released.
	Andrea Doria	France
	Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France	Killed at the Battle of the Sesia.
	Anne de Montmorency	France	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia.
	Guillaume Gouffier, Seigneur de Bonnivet	France	Killed at the Battle of Pavia.
	Francis I of France	France	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia.
	Richard de la Pole	France	Killed at the Battle of Pavia.
	Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec	France
	Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance	France
	Charles de Lannoy	Spain	Spanish viceroy of Naples; overall commander of the Imperial armies after the death of Prospero Colonna in 1523.
	Antonio de Leyva	Spain
	Fernando de Avalos, Marchese di Pescara	Spain
	Georg Frundsberg	Holy Roman Empire
	Henry III of Nassau-Breda	Holy Roman Empire
	Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	England
	Prospero Colonna	Papal States	Overall commander of the Imperial forces until his death in 1523.
	Giovanni de' Medici	Papal States Spain France
	Charles III, Duke of Bourbon	France Holy Roman Empire[1] (after 1523)
	Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec	France	Died during the Siege of Naples.
	Giovanni de' Medici	France	Killed fighting near Mantua.
	Philibert of Châlon	Spain	Killed at the Battle of Gavinana.
	Charles III, Duke of Bourbon	Holy Roman Empire	Killed during the Sack of Rome.
	Georg von Frundsberg	Holy Roman Empire
	Francesco Ferruccio	Florence	Killed at the Battle of Gavinana.
	Andrea Doria	France (1526–27) Spain (1528–29)
	Sampieru Corsu	France
	Francis, Duke of Guise	France
	Sampieru Corsu	France
	René of Châlon	Spain
	Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquess del Vasto	Spain
	Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	England
	Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha	Ottoman Empire
	Sampieru Corsu	France

Notes

1. ^ Bourbon officially pledged his allegiance to Henry VIII of England in 1524, but continued to command Imperial troops until his death.

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