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Lautrec has meanwhile been reinforced by the …
Years: 1522 - 1522
January
Lautrec has meanwhile been reinforced by the arrival of sixteen thousand fresh Swiss pikemen and some further Venetian forces, as well as additional companies of French troops under the command of Thomas de Foix-Lescun and Pedro Navarro; he had also secured the services of the condottiere Giovanni de' Medici, who brings his Black Bands into the French service.
Composed primarily of arquebusiers—including Europe's first mounted arquebusiers—the company is considered to be the finest Italian troops available.
Initially in the service of Charles de Lannoy and the Pope, their name comes from their black mourning colors for the death of Pope Leo X.
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- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Francesco II Sforza
- Francesco Maria I della Rovere
- Francis I of France
- Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
- Odet of Foix
- Pedro Navarro
- Pope Adrian VI
- Prospero Colonna
- Thomas de Foix- Lescun
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- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Swiss mercenaries
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Urbino, Duchy of
- Milan, Duchy of
- Landsknechts
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
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Years: 1522 - 1522
January
Locations
People
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Francesco II Sforza
- Francesco Maria I della Rovere
- Francis I of France
- Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
- Odet of Foix
- Pedro Navarro
- Pope Adrian VI
- Prospero Colonna
- Thomas de Foix- Lescun
Groups
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Swiss mercenaries
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Urbino, Duchy of
- Milan, Duchy of
- Landsknechts
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions