Siege of Nice
| Battle of Nice | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian War of 1542–46 | |||||||
Top: In the siege of Nice in 1543, a combined Franco-Ottoman force captured the city. Bottom: Ottoman depiction of the siege of Nice by Matrakçı Nasuh. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Holy Roman Empire Spain Savoy Genoa |
Ottoman Empire France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles III Andrea Doria Alfonso d'Avalos |
Hayreddin Barbarossa Salah Rais François de Bourbon | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
100 galleys 30,000 soldiers 50 galleys | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Nice: 5,000 captives Relief army: 4 galleys | Unknown | ||||||
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The siege of Nice occurred in 1543 and was part of the Italian War of 1542–46 in which Francis I and Suleiman the Magnificent collaborated as part of the Franco-Ottoman alliance against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and Henry VIII of England. At that time, Nice was under the control of Charles III, Duke of Savoy, an ally of Charles V. This is part of the 1543–1544 Mediterranean campaign of Barbarossa.