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Henry VII Foreign Policy
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- 1Truces/Treaties At Start Of Reign1485: One year truce with France (extended to 1489)
1486: Three year truce with Scotland
1486: Commercial Treaty With Brittany
1487: Treaty With HRE renewed - 2Lambert SimnelAttracted Support From Ireland And Burgundy (even crowned Edward VI in Ireland)
Margaret of Burgundy Edward IV's sister so willing to support Yorkist causes
Defeated at Battle of Stoke - 3BrittanyFrench King Charles VIII planned to marry Duke of Francis' daughter Anne, meaning they could incorporate Brittany
Duke Francis married her to Maximilian - France then invaded
Francis asked for Henry's help.... - 4Brittany - Henry's ActionsHad moral obligation to help Francis (who sheltered him) but wanted to maintain truce with France
Sent hundreds of troops under Lord Scales whilst acting as a mediator
Bretons refused to comprise so Henry disowned Scales and renewed truce with France - 5Brittany ContinuedBretons defeated at Battle of St Aubin de Cormier
Francis signed the Treaty of Sable - promised his daughter wouldn't marry without permission of the French King and he was a vassal of French King - 6Brittany - Henry's Actions After SableFrancis died three weeks later and the French claimed custody of Anne
French looked like annexation was likely, so Henry sent 6000 troops
Maximilian didn't support him and Spain quickly withdrew
Invaded France in 1492 with 26000 men - 7Treaty Of Etaples 1492This meant Henry would withdraw from Brittany and France annexed it
France wouldn't support English rebels
France would pay arrears of Treaty of Picquiny and pay the costs for intervention in Brittany at rate of £5,000 and (5% of King's income) - 8Treaty Of Medina Del CampoMarriage alliance between Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
Ferdinand paid for dowry and promised not to help English rebels
Both would support each other if one was at war - 9League of VeniceFormed in 1495 between Pope, Ferdinand, Maximilian and leaders of Milan and Venice
Ferdinand decided Henry should join and renamed it the 'Holy League' (1496)
Also signed commercial treaty with France and Magnus Intercarcus with Burgundy - 10Perkin WarbeckGained support from France, Scotland, Ireland and Burgundy.
Greatly jeopardised Henry's FP (marriage alliance negotiations hindered with Spain)
Henry also disrupted England's cloth trade with Netherlands due to Burgundy's support of Warbeck - 11Truce Of Ayton 1497First agreement between England and Scotland since 1328
Became full peace treaty once Warbeck was executed
Sealed by James IV marriage to Margaret, Henry's oldest daughter
Dependent on peace between England and France - 12Death Of Prince Arthur 1502Major blow to Henry's foreign policy
Only 5 months after his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Both Ferdinand and Isabella agreed that Catherine of Aragon would be marriage to Prince Henry instead
Papal dispensation received 1504 - 13Death Of Queen Elizabeth 1503Caused major dynastic concerns for Henry as he was single with only son
He began to consider other wife's - Joanna of Naples (first choice), Margaret of Savoy and Joanna of Castile and Burgundy
He was unsuccessful in finding a new wife - 14Malus IntercursusForced Phillip of Burgundy to hand over Earl of Suffolk and agree that Henry would marry Phillip's sister
Caused Ferdinand to seek better relations with France - married Louis XII's niece, Germaine de Foix in 1505 - 15Relations With Spain 1506-1509When Phillip of Burgundy died in 1506, it gave Spain an excuse to takeover Castile
Henry wished to marry Joanna of Castile to maintain alliance between England, Castile and Burgundy
Ferdinand refused and also refused to sent the rest of Catherine's dowry - 16League Of Cambrai 1508Anti-Venetian alliance between Pope, Louis XII, Ferdinand, Maximilian and Archduke Charles
Originally intended to be an anti-Ferdinand alliance between England, France and Netherlands
All leaders still supported Henry - so did not damage Henry's interests
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