Fernando d'Avalos and Charles de Bourbon had …
Years: 1524 - 1524
September
Fernando d'Avalos and Charles de Bourbon had by mid-August, besieged Marseille, the only stronghold in Provence that remains in French hands.
Their assaults upon the city fail, and when the French army commanded by Francis I himself arrives at Avignon at the end of September, they are forced to retreat back to Italy.
Locations
People
- Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Charles de Lannoy
- Fernando d'Avalos
- Francis I of France
