First Italian War (1494–1495)

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The First Italian War (1494–1495) was the opening campaign of the Italian Wars, in which France’s invasion of the Italian peninsula triggered a major European struggle for dominance over the rich and fragmented Italian states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian War ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor French–Breton War ⓘ
chronologicalSuccessor Second Italian War (1499–1504) ⓘ
conflictResult French withdrawal from Italy ⓘ
restoration of Aragonese rule in Naples ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Italian states ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
describedBySource Niccolò Machiavelli’s writings on Italian politics ⓘ
endTime 1495 ⓘ
hasBattle Battle of Fornovo ⓘ
French capture of Naples ⓘ
French entry into Florence ⓘ
hasCause French claim to the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
French invasion of Italy ⓘ
dynastic disputes over Naples ⓘ
power vacuum in the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
rivalry among Italian states ⓘ
hasEffect beginning of the Italian Wars ⓘ
formation of the League of Venice ⓘ
increased foreign intervention in Italy ⓘ
rise of Savonarola’s influence in Florence ⓘ
spread of Renaissance warfare techniques ⓘ
temporary French occupation of Naples ⓘ
weakening of Italian state autonomy ⓘ
hasParticipant Charles VIII of France ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Ferdinand II of Naples ⓘ
Girolamo Savonarola ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Italian League ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
League of Venice ⓘ
Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Pope Alexander VI ⓘ
Republic of Florence ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
historicalPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
mainBelligerentLeader Charles VIII of France ⓘ
Ferdinand II of Naples ⓘ
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba ⓘ
opponent Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Duchy of Milan ⓘ
France ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
League of Venice ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
partOf Italian Wars ⓘ
startTime 1494 ⓘ

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Charles VIII of France → militaryConflict → First Italian War (1494–1495) ⓘ
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba → participantIn → First Italian War ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Battle of Fornovo → conflict → Italian War of 1494–1498 ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Battle of Fornovo → partOf → Italian campaigns of Charles VIII of France ⓘ
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Treaty of Senlis (1493) → precedes → Italian War of 1494–1498 ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
invasion of Italy (1494–1495) → hasAlternativeName → First Italian War ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
siege of Naples (1495–1496) → partOf → Italian War of 1494–1498 ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio → participatedIn → First Italian War ⓘ
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Alfonso II of Naples → conflict → First Italian War ⓘ
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League of Venice → formedInContextOf → First Italian War ⓘ
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Ferrandino of Naples → conflict → First Italian War ⓘ
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Italian theatre of the Italian Wars → startEvent → First Italian War ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Diego García de Paredes → participatedIn → Italian War of 1494–1498 ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Ferdinand II of Naples → conflict → Italian War of 1494–1498 ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Kingdom of France in Italy → significantEvent → First Italian War ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Franco-Spanish conflicts → includesConflict → Italian War of 1494–1498 ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)
Habsburg–French wars in Italy → hasMajorConflict → First Italian War ⓘ
linked to: First Italian War (1494–1495)