Spain · Warfare / War of the League of Cognac. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Francesco Guicciardini, in command of the Papal armies, proves unable to resist and when the Duke of Bourbon is killed, his underpaid army sack the city, forcing the Pope to flee. Charles V gathers a force of landsknechts under Georg Frundsberg and a Spanish army under Charles of Bourbon, the two forces combine at Piacenza and advance on Rome
Francesco Guicciardini, in command of the Papal armies, proves unable to resist and when the Duke of Bourbon is killed, his underpaid army sack the city, forcing the Pope to flee
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