Charles de Lannoy

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Charles de Lannoy

Charles de Lannoy ( Prince of Sulmona since 1526 ) (* around 1487 ; † September 23, 1527 in Gaeta ) had been an imperial officer since Maximilian I. He was a confidante of Charles V and since 1523 commander in chief in Italy and viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples .

Life

Charles de Lannoy came from the Flemish noble family Lannoy . He was already in imperial military service under Emperor Maximilian I and distinguished himself in various campaigns. He became governor of Tournai . He filled this office so carefully that he was accepted into the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1516 . Even after Charles V came to power he was a member of the Council of State with the rank of grand master. At the beginning of his reign he was next to Guillaume II. De Croÿ the emperor particularly close. In military matters in particular, he trusted Lannoy. In 1522 the emperor appointed him Viceroy of Naples .

House Lannoy

In 1523 he took over the command as grand marshal of the troops Charles V in northern Italy during the war against Francis I . He commanded the battle of Sesia and the siege of Marseille in 1524. In the meantime the French had gone over to the counter-offensive and besieged Pavia . Lannoy marched from Naples with strong cavalry units to save the city. In the vicinity of Pavia Lannoy united with the two other imperial commanders Fernando Francesco d'Avalos di Pescara and Charles III. de Bourbon-Montpensier . He especially made sure to pay the imperial troops. For this he pledged the income of Naples. The Battle of Pavia took place in 1525 . The French attacked the Imperialists and they were pushed back. Lannoy succeeded by a skilful maneuver to put the French between his troops and their own artillery. With that he brought about the turning point and the imperial defeat the enemy. Francis I, who fought himself in the battle, surrendered to Lannoy. Lannoy then urged the emperor to come to Italy in order to take advantage of the victory politically from there. It didn't come to that. On the question of how to deal with the king, there were violent arguments between the imperial advisers, in particular between Mercurino Arborio di Gattinara and Lannoy. The latter relied on an honorable peace. Against the will of the other military leaders and Gattinaras, he brought the captured French king to Spain. In gratitude for his services, Charles V. Lannoy donated the Principality of Sulmona , the County of Asti and a number of possessions in the Spanish Netherlands .

After Francis I signed the Madrid Treaty, he was released. However, he did nothing to implement the peace terms. Lannoy was then sent to Paris. He was told that the king did not feel bound by the treaty. As a result, the League of Cognac was closed between France, the Pope, Venice and other Italian states. The war began again and Lannoy went to the Italian theater of war with 6,000 men. He conducted negotiations with the Pope until the spring of 1527 and both sides concluded an armistice. But this could no longer prevent an imperial army from moving to Rome, conquering the city and looting it during the Sacco di Roma . He died of the plague in Naples that same year .

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personal data
SURNAME Lannoy, Charles de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General Charles V
DATE OF BIRTH around 1487
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1527
Place of death Gaeta