Italian War of 1542–46 | |||||||
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Part of the Italian Wars | |||||||
The Siege of Nice by a Franco-Ottoman fleet in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico) |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
Spain Kingdom of England |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Francis I Dauphin Henry Duke of Orléans Count of Enghien Claude d'Annebault Hayreddin Barbarossa |
Charles V Alfonso d'Avalos René of Nassau-Chalon Ferrante Gonzaga Maurice of Saxony Maximiliaan van Egmond Henry VIII Duke of Norfolk Duke of Suffolk Viscount Lisle |
The Italian War of 1542–46 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of England. The course of the war saw extensive fighting in Italy, France, and the Low Countries, as well as attempted invasions of Spain and England. The conflict was inconclusive and ruinously expensive for the major participants.