The Vatican Library is saved because Philibert …
Years: 1527 - 1527
June
The Vatican Library is saved because Philibert had set up his headquarters there.
After three days of ravages, Philibert orders the sack to cease, but few obey.
In the meantime, Clement remains a prisoner in Castel Sant'Angelo.
Francesco Maria della Rovere and Michele Antonio of Saluzzo arrive with troops on June 1 in Monterosi, north of the city.
Their cautious behavior prevents them from obtaining an easy victory against the now totally undisciplined Imperial troops.
On June 6, Clement VII surrenders, and agrees to pay a ransom of four hundred thousand ducati in exchange for his life; conditions include the cession of Parma, Piacenza, Civitavecchia and Modena to the Holy Roman Empire (however, only the last can be occupied in fact).
At the same time, …
Locations
People
- Anne de Montmorency
- Antonio de Leyva
- Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Charles de Lannoy
- Eleanor of Austria
- Fabrizio Maramaldo
- Fernando d'Avalos
- Ferrante I Gonzaga
- Francesco II Sforza
- Francesco Maria I della Rovere
- Francis I of France
- Georg von Frundsberg
- Henry II, king of Navarre
- Henry VIII of England
- Hugo de Moncada
- Isabella of Portugal
- John Stewart, Duke of Albany
- Louise of Savoy
- Martin Luther
- Michele Antonio
- Philibert de Chalon
- Pompeo Colonna
- Pope Clement VII
- Sigismondo Malatesta
- Suleiman I “the Magnificent”
- Thomas Wolsey
Groups
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Flanders, County of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Artois, County of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Swiss mercenaries
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Scotland, Kingdom of
- Milan, Duchy of
- Modena and Reggio, Duchy of
- Ottoman Empire
- Ferrara, Duchy of
- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- Landsknechts
- Naples, Kingdom of
- Swiss Guard
- Florence, Medici-ruled
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Lutheranism
- Hungary, Royal
