List of battles involving France in the Renaissance

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This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in the Renaissance.

For earlier and later conflicts, see List of battles involving France. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as Operation Artemis, Operation Licorne) nor the humanitarian missions supported by the French Armed Forces.

The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  French military victory
  French military defeat
  Indecisive or unclear outcome


Charles VIII (1483–1498)

Further information: Charles VIII of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Italian War of 1494–1498
Battle of Rapallo 5 September 1494  Italy Republic of Genoa None Spain,
Kingdom of Naples
Victory
Battle of Seminara 28 June 1495  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spain,
Kingdom of Naples
Victory
Battle of Fornovo 6 July 1495  Italy Duchy of Milan None  Republic of Venice
Duchy of Milan
Duchy of Mantua
Victory

Louis XII (1498–1515)

Further information: Louis XII
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Italian War of 1499–1504
Battle of Novara April 1500  Italy Duchy of Milan None Duchy of Milan Victory
Siege of Capua 24 June 1501  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spanish Empire,
Kingdom of Naples
Victory
Battle of Ruvo 23 February 1503  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spanish Empire Defeat
Battle of Seminara 21 April 1503  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spanish Empire Defeat
Battle of Cerignola 28 April 1503  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spanish Empire Defeat
Battle of Garigliano 8 November 1503  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spanish Empire Victory
Battle of Garigliano 29 December 1503  Italy Kingdom of Naples None Spanish Empire Defeat
War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516)
Battle of Agnadello 14 May 1509  Italy Duchy of Milan None  Republic of Venice Victory
Siege of Padua 15–30 September 1509  Italy  Republic of Venice  Holy Roman Empire
Papal States
 Republic of Venice Defeat
Sack of Brescia 18 February 1512  Italy  Republic of Venice None  Republic of Venice Victory
Battle of Ravenna 11 April 1512  Italy  Republic of Venice Duchy of Ferrara Spanish Empire
Papal States
Victory
Battle of Ainhize 19 October 1512  Spain Kingdom of Navarra None Spanish Empire Victory
Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre 1512–1524  Spain Kingdom of Navarra Kingdom of Navarra Spanish Empire Defeat
Battle of St. Mathieu 10 August 1512  France Kingdom of France Duchy of Brittany  Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of Novara 6 June 1513  Italy Duchy of Milan  Republic of Venice Republic of the Swiss
Milan
Defeat
Battle of Guinegate 16 August 1513  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire
 Kingdom of England
Defeat

Francis I (1515–1547)

Further information: Francis I of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516)
Battle of Marignano 13–14 September 1515  Italy Duchy of Milan  Republic of Venice Republic of the Swiss Victory
Italian War of 1521–1526
Battle of Pampluna 20 May 1521  Spain Kingdom of Navarra Kingdom of Navarra Spain Spanish Empire Victory
Battle of Noain-Esquiroz 30 June 1521  Spain Kingdom of Navarra Kingdom of Navarra Spain Spanish Empire Defeat
Siege of Mézières 1521  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Siege of Tournai November 1521  Belgium Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Defeat
Battle of Bicocca 27 April 1522  Italy Duchy of Milan  Republic of Venice Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
Papal States
Duchy of Milan
Defeat
Siege of Genoa 20–30 May 1522  Italy  Republic of Genoa  Republic of Genoa Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
Papal States
Defeat
Battle of the Sesia 30 April 1524  Italy Duchy of Milan None  Holy Roman Empire Defeat
Siege of Marseille August – September 1524  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Battle of Fiorenzuola 1524  Italy Duchy of Milan Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
Victory
Battle of Pavia 24 February 1525  Italy Duchy of Milan None Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
Defeat
War of the League of Cognac (1526–1530)
Battle of Landriano 21 June 1529  Italy Duchy of Milan Republic of Florence Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
 Republic of Genoa
Papal States
Defeat
Siege of Pavia 1527  Italy Duchy of Milan None Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
Victory
Ottoman–Habsburg wars (1526–1791)
Conquest of Tunis June 1535  Tunisia  Ottoman Empire  Ottoman Empire Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
 Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Flanders County of Flanders
 Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of Portugal
Papal States
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Knights of Malta
Defeat
Siege of Estergom 25 July - 10 August 1543  Hungary  Holy Roman Empire  Ottoman Empire  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Italian War of 1542–1546
Siege of Perpignan 1542  France Spain Spanish Empire  Ottoman Empire
Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Spain Spanish Empire Defeat
Siege of Luxembourg 1542  France  Holy Roman Empire None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Battle of Muros Bay 25 July 1543  Spain Spain Spanish Empire None Spain Spanish Empire Defeat
Siege of Landrecies August 1543  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Siege of Nice 22 August 1543  France Duchy of Savoy  Ottoman Empire  Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Savoy
Victory
Battle of Ceresole 11 April 1544  Italy Duchy of Savoy None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Siege of Carignao 1544  Italy Duchy of Savoy None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Battle of Serravalle 2 June 1544  San Marino  Republic of San Marino Italian mercenaries  Holy Roman Empire Defeat
Siege of St. Dizier 10 July – 17 August 1544  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Defeat
Sieges of Boulogne 19 July – 18 September 1544  France Kingdom of France None  Kingdom of England Defeat
Battle of the Solent 18 July 1545  England  Kingdom of England None  Kingdom of England Indecisive
Battle of Bonchurch July 1545  England  Kingdom of England None  Kingdom of England Defeat

Henry II (1547–1559)

Further information: Henry II of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Rough Wooing (1544 - 1551)
Siege of St Andrews Castle 1546–1547  Scotland  Kingdom of Scotland Government of Scotland Protestant Lairds of Fife
Kingdom of England
Victory
Siege of Broughty Castle 1547–1550  Scotland  Kingdom of Scotland  Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Haddington 1548–1549  Scotland  Kingdom of Scotland  Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Victory
Italian War of 1551–1559
Siege of Mirandola July 1551 – March 1552  Italy Duchy of Modena Mirandola Papal States
 Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Victory
Battle of Ponza 5 August 1552 Tyrrhenian Sea Idem  Ottoman Empire  Republic of Genoa Victory
Siege of Metz 31 October 1552 - 5 January 1553  France  Holy Roman Empire None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Invasion of Corsica 1553–1559  France  Republic of Genoa  Ottoman Empire
Corsicans
 Republic of Genoa Victory
Battle of Marciano 2 August 1554  Italy Republic of Siena Republic of Siena Duchy of Florence
Spain Spanish Empire
 Holy Roman Empire
Defeat
Battle of Renty 12 August 1554  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Battle of St. Quentin 10 August 1557  France Kingdom of France None Spain Spanish Empire Defeat
Siege of Calais 7 January 1558  France  Kingdom of England None  Kingdom of England Victory
Siege of Thionville 17 April - 23 June 1558  France Kingdom of France None  Holy Roman Empire Victory
Battle of Gravelines 1–13 July 1558  France Spain Spanish Empire None Spain Spanish Empire
 Kingdom of England
Defeat

Francis II (1559–1560)

Further information: Francis II of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Scottish Reformation crisis (1559–60)
Siege of Leith 1560  Scotland  Kingdom of Scotland Catholic Scots Protestant Scots
 Kingdom of England
Indecisive

Charles IX (1560–1574)

Further information: Charles IX of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Ottoman–Habsburg wars (1526-1791)
Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir April – June 1563  Algeria  Ottoman Empire  Ottoman Empire Spain Spanish Empire Defeat

Henry III (1574–1589)

Further information: Henry III of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583)
Battle of Salga 25 July 1581  Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Portuguese Loyalists Spain Spain
Portugal Portugal under Philip of Spain
Victory
Battle of Ponta Delgada 26 July 1582  Portugal Portugal Portugal  England
Portugal Portuguese Loyalists
Spain Spain
Portugal Portugal under Philip of Spain
Defeat
Conquest of the Azores 2 August 1583  Portugal Portugal Portugal  England
Portugal Portuguese Loyalists
Spain Spain
Portugal Portugal under Philip of Spain
Defeat

Henry IV (1589–1610)

Further information: Henry IV of France
Battle Date Current location Contemporary location Allies Enemies Result
Wars of Religion (1562–1598)
Siege of La Rochelle 1572–1573  France Kingdom of France None La Rochelle
French Protestants
 Kingdom of England
Indecisive
Battle of Craon 26 July 1582  France Kingdom of France French Protestants
 Kingdom of England
Catholic League
Spain Spanish Empire
Defeat
Siege of Paris May – September, 1590  France Kingdom of France French Protestants Catholic League
City of Paris
Spain Spanish Empire
Defeat
Siege of Fort Crozon 1 October – 19 November 1594  France Kingdom of France  England Spain Spanish Empire Victory
Battle of Fontaine-Française 5 June 1595  France Kingdom of France None Catholic League
Spain Spanish Empire
Victory
Siege of Calais 8–24 April 1596  France Kingdom of France None Spain Spanish Empire Defeat
Siege of Amiens 11 March – 25 September 1597  France Kingdom of France None Spain Spanish Empire Victory
Siege of Doullens 11–25 September 1597  France Kingdom of France None Spain Spanish Empire Defeat

See also

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