List of military leaders of the Italian Wars

**Key: Allegiance**
France
Holy Roman Empire/Spain
England
Independent Italian states (Republic of Venice, Papal States, Florence, Duchy of Milan, and others)
Changed allegiance
Other

This is a list of military leaders of the Italian Wars.

Name	Allegiance	Notes
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba	Spain
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua	Republic of Venice
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France
Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours	France	Killed at the Battle of Cerignola.
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba	Spain
Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto	Spain (until 1512) France (after 1515)	Captured by the French at the Battle of Ravenna (1512). Entered the service of Francis I of France in 1515.
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio	France
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France
Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours	France	Killed at the Battle of Ravenna.
Charles d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont	France
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec	France
Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance	France
Franz von Sickingen	Holy Roman Empire
Ramon de Cardona	Spain
Fernando d'Avalos, Marquess of Pescara	Spain/Holy Roman Empire	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna, but permitted to ransom himself.
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	England
Niccolò di Pitigliano	Republic of Venice
Lucio Malvezzo	Republic of Venice
Fabrizio Colonna	Papal States	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Ravenna.
Prospero Colonna	Papal States	Taken prisoner shortly before the Battle of Marignano.
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua	Papal States
Bartolomeo d'Alviano	Republic of Venice	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Agnadello, but later released.
Andrea Doria	France
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard	France	Killed at the Battle of the Sesia.
Anne de Montmorency	France	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia.
Guillaume Gouffier, Seigneur de Bonnivet	France	Killed at the Battle of Pavia.
Francis I of France	France	Taken prisoner at the Battle of Pavia.
Richard de la Pole	France	Killed at the Battle of Pavia.
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec	France
Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de la Flourance	France
Charles de Lannoy	Holy Roman Empire/Spain	Viceroy of Naples; overall commander of the Imperial armies after the death of Prospero Colonna in 1523.
Antonio de Leyva	Spain
Henry III of Nassau-Breda	Holy Roman Empire
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	England
Prospero Colonna	Papal States	Overall commander of the Imperial forces until his death in 1523.
Giovanni de' Medici	Papal States Spain France
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon	France Holy Roman Empire^[1] (after 1523)
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec	France	Died during the Siege of Naples.
Giovanni de' Medici	France	Killed fighting near Mantua.
Philibert of Châlon	Holy Roman Empire/Spain	Killed at the Battle of Gavinana.
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon	Holy Roman Empire	Killed during the Sack of Rome.
Georg von Frundsberg	Holy Roman Empire
Francesco Ferruccio	Florence	Killed at the Battle of Gavinana.
Andrea Doria	France (1526–27) Spain (1528–29)
Sampieru Corsu	France
Francis, Duke of Guise	France
Sampieru Corsu	France
René of Châlon	Holy Roman Empire/Spain
Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquess del Vasto	Spain/Holy Roman Empire
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	England
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha	Ottoman Empire
Sampieru Corsu	France

Notes

^ Bourbon officially pledged his allegiance to Henry VIII of England in 1524, but continued to command Imperial troops until his death.

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[1] Bourbon officially pledged his allegiance to Henry VIII of England in 1524, but continued to command Imperial troops until his death.

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