Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours
Infante of Navarre and French military commander · France · On the map · Lived 1489 to 1512 · aged 22
Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours, nicknamed The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a famed French military commander of the Renaissance. Nephew of King Louis XII of France and general of his armies in Italy from 1511 to 1512, he is noted for his military feats in a career which lasted no longer than a few months.
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Gaston de Foix, 1630s depiction.
Agostino Busti's unfinished tomb for Gaston de Foix, in the Museo d'arte antica, Sforza Castle, Milan
Prise de Brescia, 19 février 1512, oil on canvas by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1837, Château de Versailles.
The Death of Gaston de Foix at Ravenna by the 19th century artist Ary Scheffer.
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The young general is regarded as a stellar commander well ahead of his time. An adept of lightning fast forced marches as well as sudden and bold offensives that destabilized contemporary armies and commanders, De Foix is mostly remembered for his six-month campaign against the Holy League in the War of the League of Cambrai. He met his end in said conflict, at the age of 22, during the Battle of Ravenna (1512), the last of his triumphs.