Why did Henry VIII's foreign policy fail?

Military Glory
1. keep wanting war despite lack of money (1525)
2. 1512-13 3 attempts at invading France - persistence
rivalry with Francis
1. 3 invasions between 1512-13
2. 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold - to upstage Francis
lack of money
1. 1513 French invasions
2. 1517 gave Maximillian £20K
3. 1523 3 Pronged Attack £200K
4. 1523 Parliament wouldn't give money
5. 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold cost a whole years income
6. 1525 gave Charles V £20K
7. 1525 Amicable Grant rebellion - failed to raise money
lack of support
1. 1523 3 Pronged Attack - Charles V wouldn't support the Duke of Bourbon's rebellion against Francis - failed
unfaithful/unreliable allies
1. 1517 and 1525 - Max and Charles took money and did nothing with it
2. 1523 - Charles wouldn't join 3 Pronged Attack
3. 1525 - Charles wouldn't let Henry go to war
balance of Power
1. 1519 - Maximillian dies - end of the Treaty of London
2. Charles V owns two thirds of Europe as King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor
3. 1515 Louis XII dies - end of the Treaty of St Germain en Laye
4. 1525 Battle of Pavia - Charles V wouldn't support Henry
5. 1527 Sack of Rome - Charles V has control over the Pope
6. 1517 Treaty of Cambrai - peace between Spain, Holy Roman Empire and France, England is left out - 'laughing stock of Europe'

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