Spanish conquest of Siena

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The Spanish conquest of Siena was a mid-16th-century military campaign in which Spanish and Imperial forces captured the Republic of Siena, ending its independence and incorporating its territory into the Duchy of Florence.

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Spanish conquest of Siena canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
war of conquest ⓘ
aftermath creation of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
redistribution of Sienese lands to Medici allies ⓘ
belligerent Duchy of Florence ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Siena ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
cause struggle for dominance in Tuscany between Habsburg and French-aligned forces ⓘ
commander Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
Don García de Toledo ⓘ
linked to: Álvarez de Toledo

Gian Giacomo Medici ⓘ
Piero Strozzi ⓘ
conflictIn Italian Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
endTime 1555 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Marciano ⓘ
Battle of Scannagallo ⓘ
Siege of Siena ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Renaissance Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Renaissance
involvedCity Florence ⓘ
Siena ⓘ
involvedDynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
House of Medici ⓘ
involvedRuler Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence ⓘ
linked to: Cosimo I de' Medici

Philip II of Spain ⓘ
location Republic of Siena ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
militaryTactic blockade of Siena ⓘ
prolonged siege warfare ⓘ
opponent Republic of Siena ⓘ
opposedBy French garrison in Siena ⓘ
partOf Italian War of 1551–1559 ⓘ
politicalConsequence Habsburg dominance in central Italy ⓘ
loss of republican institutions in Siena ⓘ
relatedTo Habsburg–Valois Wars ⓘ
Italian War of 1542–1546 ⓘ
result Spanish-Imperial victory ⓘ
end of the independence of the Republic of Siena ⓘ
establishment of Medici control over Siena ⓘ
incorporation of Sienese territory into the Duchy of Florence ⓘ
significantEvent capitulation of Siena in 1555 ⓘ
startTime 1552 ⓘ
supportedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ⓘ

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Italian War of 1551–1559 → significantEvent → Spanish conquest of Siena ⓘ