Just a quick info on Milan. When I played the French they were a big pain and it took me some time to get Marseilles back. They have sank my rare transport ships; I usually fight on land. They have sent disturbances through the Alps. And when I was about to crush them with an amphibious assault(I had already landed by Sicily, had just 2-3 turns to Florence) by my King Louis the Merciless, the Pope personally called my king to a crusade and they were spared. But their lucky streak is about to end; I have built up since the last crusade so that I could take care of Europe. While this is Milan in my French campaign, the Milan in my brother's Turkish campaign was completely different. If I can remember correctly my brother and I saw Milanese banners over Paris into the 60th turns. This strikes me as very interesting and I thought I should share this with you because this is almost blasphemous. I thought French took the Milan in real life.
Just an instance of something concerning the French and Milan...