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==Italian Wars==
[[File: Charles VIII Two.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|French troops arriving in Naples, 1494]]
Charles VII invasion was a failure and it achieved nothing. However, it is of great historic significance because it ushered an unprecedented period of warfare in Italy. The Italian Wars or the Hapsburg-Valois Wars, after the two Royal families who fought for control of Italy disturbed the peace of Italy for several decades. The invasion of 1494 was to start a series of wars that only ended in 1559. The period was not one of constant warfare but war and violence became ingrained in Italian life now. The main protagonists in the Wars were the French, led by the Valois Kings and the Hapsburg, first the Emperor Maximillian I and later Charles V. After the partition of the Hapsburg Empire, the Spanish Hapsburg’s sought to dominate Italy.
