Siege of Nice

Battle of Nice
	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.
Date	6–22 August 1543
Location	Nice, Savoy
Result	Imperial–Savoyard victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire; Spain; Savoy; Genoa	Ottoman Empire; France
Commanders and leaders
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
Nice: 5,000 captives; Relief army: 4 galleys	Unknown

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.^[4] This is part of the 1543–1544 Mediterranean campaign of Barbarossa.^[5]

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