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France Loses Italy Battle of Pavia
1525
Close upon the election of Charles V as emperor of the Holy Roman
Empire
came the first of a series of wars between that sovereign and Francis
I, King
of France, who had been Charles's rival for the imperial crown. The
Emperor
was at this time, 1521, favored by Henry VIII of England, and a secret
treaty
with Charles was finally concluded by Pope Leo X, who from the first
had
hesitated between the two young rivals, and who had already treated
with
Francis. The papal support proved the foundation of future power
for Charles
in Italy. The Pope and the Emperor agreed to unite their forces for
expulsion
of the French from ...