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Charles De Lannoy
Charles de Lannoy ( – 23 September 1527) was a soldier and statesman from the Low Countries in service of the Habsburg Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V. Early life He was a member of the noble House of Lannoy. Charles de Lannoy was born the younger son of Jean IV de Lannoy, Lord of Mingoval, himself nephew of Jean III de Lannoy. His mother was Philipotte de Lalaing (c. 1487). Career In 1526, he became the first count of Lannoy and Mayordomo mayor to the Emperor. He took service with the Emperor Maximilian I and won distinction for bravery and leadership. He was appointed member to the council of Charles of Burgundy; later Emperor Charles V and his Caballerizo mayor in 1515. He was appointed knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1516. He became governor of Tournai in 1521. He served as viceroy of Naples from 1522 to 1523. He became chief of Imperial armies in Italy upon the death of Prospero Colonna at the end of 1523. His main experience was that of Impe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian War Of 1521
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) The Italian may refer to: * ''The Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1527 Deaths
Year 1527 ( MDXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March *January 1 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin. * January 5 – Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. *February 14 – Queen consort Mary of Hungary, named as regent for the kingdom upon the August 29 death of her husband Louis II, asks permission from the Hungarian Diet to step down as the regent for the newly elected Frederick of Habsburg, but is denied. *February 21 – The Mughal–Rajput wars begin in India between the Emperor Babur of the Mughal Empire and states of the Rajput Confederacy, with the victory of the Rajput faction at the Battle of Bayana. *February 24 – **Ferdinand of the House of Habsburg is formally crowned as King of Bohemia at Pressburg (now Bratislava in Slovakia). **Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1480s Births
148 may refer to: *148 (number), a natural number *AD 148, a year in the 2nd century AD *148 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC *148 (album), an album by C418 *148 (Meiktila) Battery Royal Artillery, a specialist Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation unit within 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines *148 (New Jersey bus), a New Jersey Transit bus route *148 Gallia, a main-belt asteroid *Tatra 148, a heavy truck *Fiat 148 The Fiat 147 was a three-door hatchback subcompact car produced by Fiat in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais from autumn 1976 until 1987, when it was replaced by the Fiat Uno. It was the Brazilian variant of the Fiat 127. Some were also buil ..., a supermini car See also * List of highways numbered 148 * {{Number disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piccolomini
The House of Piccolomini (pronounced ) is the name of an Italian noble family, Patricians of Siena, who were prominent from the beginning of the 13th century until the 18th century. The family achieved the recognized titles of Pope of the Catholic Church, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Grandee of Spain, and Duke of Amalfi. The family is also featured in Florentine Histories, a book written by Niccolò Machiavelli, where he describes the reign of Pope Pius II, who had allied himself with the Venetians and Prince Vlad Dracula, to wage a war against the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. History In 1220, Engelberto d'Ugo Piccolomini received the fief of Montertari in Val d'Orcia from the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II as a reward for the services rendered. The family acquired houses and towers in Siena as well as castles and territories in the republic, including Montone and Castiglione; the latter sold to the comune in 1321. They obtained great wealth through trade, and esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alife, Campania
Alife is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Caserta (Campania), Italy. It is located in the Volturno valley, and is a flourishing centre of agricultural production. The comune was formerly inhabited by Arbëreshë and Jewish communities, who have since assimilated. History Ancient history The name of Alife is Samnite in origin, and a settlement in the hills around the city likely existed in the Iron Age. After the First Punic War, it became a Roman ''municipium'' with the name of ''Allifae'' - the ruins of which extend to the nearby modern ''comune'' of Sant'Angelo d'Alife. Later history A bishopric was present in Alife in the 5th century, but in the following century it disappeared. The city was a Lombard possession, as part of the Duchy of Benevento and, later, of the Principality of Capua. The bishop was reinstated in 969, four years after the city became an independent county. Peter Aliphas, a Norman knight who later sided with emperor Alexios I Komnenos and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Perrenot De Granvelle
Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle (1486–1550) was a Burgundian politician who served as a close trusted adviser to Emperor Charles V. He was made suzerain of the imperial city of Besançon and held an influential position in the Netherlands. From 1530 until his death he was one of the emperor's most trusted advisers in Germany. He was the father of the cardinal and politician Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, also a leading Habsburg minister, and built the Palace Granvelle in Besançon. He was born in Ornans and died in Augsburg. Life In 1518 he became a lawyer and was called at the age of 34 years to the Parliament of the Free County of Burgundy. In 1519 Charles V was elected emperor at the age of 19 years. Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle quickly became a closely trusted advisor and was appointed chancellor of the empire. His sons and sons-in-law (Granvelle family) went on to occupy prominent positions at the imperial court. In 1527 he bought the seigniory of Grandvelle, locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Roche Family
The de la Roche family was a French nobility, French noble family named for La Roche-sur-l'Ognon in Burgundy, Burgundy, France that founded the Duchy of Athens 1204 and held it for just over a century. Notable members *Alice de la Roche (unknown-1282), Lady of Beirut, Regent of Beirut *Guy I de la Roche (1205–1263), Frankish Duke of Athens *Guy II de la Roche (1280–1308), Frankish Duke of Athens *Isabella de la Roche, (died c.1291), daughter of Guy I de la Roche and wife of Geoffrey of Briel *Jacqueline de la Roche (died c.1329) baroness of Veligosti and Damala in 1308–1329, from 1311 in co-regency with her spouse. *James de la Roche, Baron of Veligosti and Damala, son of William de la Roche (lord of Veligosti) *John I de la Roche (died 1280) Frankish Duke of Athens, succeeding his father; Guy I de la Roche *Othon de la Roche (died c.1234), first Frankish Lord and Duke of Athens *Renaud de la Roche, father of Jacqueline de la Roche, son of James *William de la Roche (lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte)
Louis Gonzaga (; 16 August 1500 – 2 December 1532), nicknamed "Rodomonte" due to his physical prowess, was an Imperial mercenary captain for Emperor Charles V. Biography Born at Mantua, Gonzaga was the eldest son of Ludovico Gonzaga, Count of Rodigo, a cadet member of the House of Gonzaga. He joined the forces of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, on his visit to England. In 1527 he participated in the Sack of Rome, and personally escorted the besieged Pope Clement VII from his refuge in the Castel Sant'Angelo to the town of Orvieto. As a reward for his services, Rodomonte was able to marry Isabella Colonna, daughter of Vespasiano Colonna (and granddaughter of the general Prospero Colonna), with whom he had one son, Vespasiano Gonzaga, born in 1531. He then led the papal armies in the siege of Ancona, and later began the conquest of Vicovaro. In the latter battle, he received a mortal arquebus wound. His son Vespasiano succeeded him and became Duke of Sabbioneta and Traetto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Colonna
Isabella Colonna (1513 – 1570) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Colonna family. Early life She was the only daughter of Vespasiano Colonna, Duke of Traetto (modern Minturno) and Count of Fondi, and Beatrice Appiani. After her mother's death, she was raised by her father's second wife, Giulia Gonzaga (a daughter of Ludovico Gonzaga, Duke of Sabbioneta). Her paternal grandparents were Prospero Colonna, Duke of Traetto, and Covella di Sanseverino. Personal life In 1531, she married Louis "Rodomonte" Gonzaga (1500–1532), an Imperial Captain of Charles V who was the son of Ludovico Gonzaga (her step-grandfather). Before his death, they were the parents of a son: * Vespasiano I Gonzaga (1531–1591), who became the Duke of Sabbioneta; he married Diana Folch de Cardona, a daughter of Antonio Folch de Cardona. After her death in 1559, he married Anna d'Aragona y Folch de Cardona, a daughter of Alfonso de Aragón y Portugal. After her death in 1567, he married Margher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip De Lannoy, 2nd Prince Of Sulmona
Philip de Lannoy, 2nd Prince of Sulmona (1514–1553) was an Italian military leader in Spanish service. Early life He was the son of Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona and Françoise de Montbel, Duchess of Boiano (d. ). Among his siblings were Ferdinand de Lannoy, Count de La Roche (who married Marguerite Perrenot de Granvelle, a daughter of Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle), Georges de Lannoy, 2nd Duke of Boiano (who married Julia Diaz Carlon, a daughter of Antonio Diaz Carlon, 3rd Count of Alife), and Clemente de Lannoy, Baron of Prata (who married Ippolita Branai Castriota Scanderbegh, a daughter of Ferrante Castriota, Marquess of Città Sant'Angelo). His father was the younger son of Jean IV de Lannoy, Lord of Mingoval (himself nephew of Jean III de Lannoy) and Philipotte de Lalaing. His maternal grandparents were Jacques de Montbel, Count d'Entrémont, and Jeanne de Saint-Maur. Career The title, Prince of Sulmona, had been granted to his father in 1526, together wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
