Cosimo I de' Medici, with the support…

January 1554 CE

Cosimo I de' Medici, with the support of Emperor Charles V, has launched a grand campaign to conquer Florence's last remaining rival in Tuscany, the Republic of Siena.

His army is commanded by Gian Giacomo Medici, Marquess of Marignano, best known as "Il Medeghino" ("Little Medici").

The Florentine-Imperial troops are divided into three corps: Federico Barbolani di Montauto, with eight hundred men, lands in southern Tuscany to conquer the area of Grosseto; ...

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Grosseto Toscana Italy View →

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Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc View → Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor View → Cosimo I de' Medici View → Gian Giacomo Medici View → Henry II of France View → Piero Strozzi View →

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Siena, Republic of View → France, (Valois) Kingdom of View → Florence, Medici-ruled View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View →

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