>Venice

>Declares war on Albania and got their teeth kicked in.
>Years later they think of Albania as their ally.
It`s like they switch sides whenever they feel like it.

>>2837792
>army gets ass kicked in almost every Venetian-Ottoman war
>navy absolutely wrecks Ottoman navy in two separate naval encounters over a century apart (Gallipoli and Lepanto)
They knew their way around a boat

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>Borgia Papacy takes over Romagna through kicking out the former lords by invasion
>new pope dismisses the Borgia general of the Papal States army, dies shortly after
>new pope imprisons him because why not
>tries to maintain control of Romagna, some local lords don't want to be part of the Papal States (too religious I guess)
>offer control of their coastal cities to Venice for free, Venice accepts
>the pope is not happy
>Venice offers to say the cities are controlled by the Papal States and pay annual tribute, but Venice will still control the cities
>pope isn't having this shit
>brokers an alliance with France and the Holy Roman Empire against Venice
>falls apart due to royal bullshit
>Venice abandons some of the cities in the meantime
>Pope is still not happy and now most of Romagna is operating independently
>conquers the rest again, they will be ruled by the pope and they will like it
>Gets the Holy Roman Emperor to agree to a sneak attack on Venice
>HRE strolls down to the Papal States for a coronation, then veers into Venetian territory for a nice invasion
>first attack fails, second attack fails so badly they lose allied territory somehow
>pope is furious
>pic related

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>>2837998
>Venice begrudgingly submits to papal demands to end the lost war
>pope regains his "beloved" Romagnan cities formerly controlled by Venice
>French invade Venice again right after the war is concluded
>now the pope isn't happy with French influence in Italy
>decides to invade and conquer France's local ally the Duchy of Ferrara
>needs help, so he recruits Venice to join the war on his side (in the same year the previous war ended)
>they accept because the French are currently destroying their country
>hires some swiss mercenaries to fuck with the French in Milan
>excommunicates the Duke of Ferrara for literally nothing, then immediately invades their country because their leader is an enemy of the papacy now
>expectantly waits in Bologna for his triumphant victory over the godless Duke of Ferrara
>France bribes the Swiss mercenaries into screwing over the pope, progress immediately to invade Italy
>shortly before arriving at Bologna, the pope is informed the citizens are now openly hostile to the Papal States
>he gets the fuck out of there and excommunicates the leader of the French army converging on Bologna (as you do)
>the pope's forces leave the area because the townspeople hate the papacy by this point and the cardinal administrator ran away in the night
>blames the loss on the Duke of Urbino for some reason, charges him with treason
>one of the duke's men kills the cardinal in a public area, everyone seems to be okay with this

>>2838066

Go on...

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>problem
Venice is one of the most fascinating and intriguing historical countries to study. I fucking love the Republic of Venice.

>If you're having Turk problems I feel bad for you son
>I've got 99 galleys and they wreck Turks each one

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>>2838066
>Romagna, the jewel of the papacy, is now mostly controlled by France
>papal army is a disorganized mess
>"how do I get out of this terrible situation..."
>"eureka! I will form a Holy League!"
>calls upon former League of Cambrai members Spain and HRE along with England now
>they all share the very obvious ulterior motive to take French land
>France sieges Ravenna, the last remaining papal stronghold in Romagna
>the pope is pissed that Romagna will be lost, so he orders the Spanish to go do something about it
>they lose the battle and Ravenna is sacked
>the pope hires a new army of Swiss mercenaries and gets the exiled Duke of Milan to lead them (no bribes this time)
>they advance quickly to retake Milan, France abandons most of Romagna to defend Lombardy from the invaders
>the re-conquest is successful and Milan is again controlled by the duke
>with France out of Italy, the powers decide to fuck over Florence
>the Spanish invade Florence on orders from the pope
>install a Medici family member as the ruler of Florence again
>Venice and the pope want Milan to be ruled by the formerly exiled duke
>the HRE and Spain want a cousin of theirs to be duke
>the pope wanted to annex Ferrara still, but the HRE wanted to check papal power
>the HRE didn't want to allow Venice any imperial territory (which included most of Veneto)
>the pope agreed with this for some reason and threatened to reform the League of Cambrai if Venice didn't surrender its territory to the HRE
>Venice decided to ignore their bullshit and sign a pact dividing all of northern Italy with France

>>2838132
>France moves their retreated troops in the Alps back to Milan while Venice's troops move west from Padua
>Milanese citizens dislikes the re-installed duke because he is a weak leader
>French troops seize Milan and Novara
>remaining Swiss mercenaries defeat the far superior French forces outside of Novara, pursue them over the alps
>French bribe them to withdraw the pursuit (mercenaries are not very trustworthy)
>meanwhile France's core territory is being invaded by England, Spain, and the HRE
>Navarre falls to Spanish troops and they advance into southern France
>England advances on northern France and southern France simultaneously
>France convinces Scotland to invade England and take some heat off their country
>England barely registers the invasion and Scotland is sorely defeated with the death of their king at Branxton
>Venice is in full retreat mode without French support
>Spainish troops advance to being within sight of Venice, but cannot cross into starting a siege the city
>a terrible battle follows where many Venetian nobles are slaughtered
>despite the French and Venetians' weakness, the opposition is unable to exploit it
>England doesn't make significant gains and signs a separate peace with France
>the pope dies, leaving the alliance without a leader
>after two years of fighting without significant gains on either side, France's new king resolves to control Milan
>invasion of Milan is successful due to intelligent maneuvering of troops into Milanese territory
>Milan falls to France and the duke is deposed with the French king absorbing the title
>the new pope decides to offer peace terms to France due to a lack of troops and will
>War ends with everyone controlling what they controlled before all of this started
>the pope gained an assurance from the french to not interfere with the planned papal invasion of Urbino

That's the end of the War of the League of Cambrai. The sequel is the Four Years War

>>2838207

Are you doing the sequel too, senpai? I might be the only one reading these, but they're cool. Never knew much about this period in history.

>>2838085
>wreck Turks each one
You mean they let the Turks by into Genoan ports

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>>2837792
The most retarded thing the Venetians have ever done was saving the remaining Ottoman army from Tamerlane because they thought they could control the Ottomans

>>2837792
>What was their fucking problem?

What problem? The most serene republic was based.

>>2837806
they're italians lad

>>2837792
Fucking trolled the Pope by messing with the byzantines

>>2837792
When barbarous Frankniggers make you shut down your economy for a year to build boats for an army that never comes you have to recoup costs somehow. Especially when their Greek ally welches on his debts.

>>2838207
Italians are truly their own worst enemy