Sack of Rome, 1527

When

16 May 1527

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

41.83° N, 12.50° E

Description

1527 siege

Habsburg siege and subsequent sack of Papal Rome

The Sack of Rome, then part of the Papal States, followed the capture of Rome on 6 May 1527 by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, during the War of the League of Cognac. Charles V only intended to threaten military action to make Pope Clement VII accept his terms. However, the Imperial army were largely unpaid and mutinied.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sack of Rome: Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome, forcing the Medici Pope Clement VII to make peace with Charles V”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ödenmeyen maaşlarına tepki olarak kontrolden çıkan V. Karl'ın ordusu Roma'yı yağmaladı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Sacco di Roma, die Plünderung Roms durch die Söldnertruppen Karls V., der das Ende der italienischen Renaissance einläutet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “septième guerre d'Italie : sac de Rome par les armées de Charles Quint commandées par le duc de Bourbon, qui est tué”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “войска Карла V захватили Рим и разграбили город, а римский папа Климент VII оказался осаждён в Замке Святого Ангела”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “神聖羅馬皇帝查理五世屬下的軍隊譁變，挾持夏爾三世·德·波旁洗劫羅馬。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ローマ略奪、神聖ローマ皇帝兼スペイン王カール5世の軍がローマで略奪”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the League of Cognac1526 · War