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In 1527 about 1000 Spanish mercenaries and HRE troops sacked Rome. The Pope was able to escape the city due to a heroic last stand by the Swiss Guard. What if the Stand of the Swiss Guard never happened, or didn't go on for long enough for Clement to escape; and he was killed? What would that do to the Catholic world? To Papal relations with Spain and the HRE?
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