@historymapslore: France’s Most Shocking Alliance - Pavia 1525 In 1525, the King of France lost the battle of Pavia and was taken prisoner by the Spanish army of Charles V. From his prison in Madrid he secretly asked the Ottoman sultan Suleiman for help. Within four years the Ottomans crushed Hungary and stood before Vienna, and France and the Ottomans became allies against the Habsburgs for more than two hundred years. Music: "Malicious" Kevin MacLeod, CC BY 4.0. #HistoryMapsLore #HistoryTok #Pavia #FrancisI #OttomanEmpire

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