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Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours (1489-1512), also known as The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a French military commander noted mostly for his brilliant six-month campaign from 1511 to 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai. In the decisive Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512 Gaston led a cavalry charge against a recalcitrant Spanish infantry unit. He was shot and killed, but the Spanish lost nearly their entire army in the battle.
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