Treaty of Picquigny
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The Treaty of Picquigny was a peace treaty negotiated on 29 August 1475 between the Kingdom of England
and the Kingdom of France
. Louis XI of France
paid Edward IV of England
to return to England and not take up arms to pursue his claim to the French throne
. Edward was provided with an immediate payment of 75,000 crowns and a yearly pension thereafter of 50,000 crowns. Also the King of France was to ransom Queen Margaret of Anjou
with 50,000 crowns. It also included pensions to many of Edward's lords. A notable exception was Edward's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III
), who opposed the treaty and refused the pension Louis offered.
Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...
and the Kingdom of France
France in the Middle Ages
France in the Middle Ages covers an area roughly corresponding to modern day France, from the death of Louis the Pious in 840 to the middle of the 15th century...
. Louis XI of France
Louis XI of France
Louis XI , called the Prudent , was the King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou, a member of the House of Valois....
paid Edward IV of England
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
to return to England and not take up arms to pursue his claim to the French throne
English claims to the French throne
The English claims to the French throne have a long and complex history between the 1340s and the 19th century.From 1340 to 1801, with only brief intervals in 1360-1369 and 1420–1422, the kings and queens of England, and after the Acts of Union in 1707 the kings and queens of Great Britain, also...
. Edward was provided with an immediate payment of 75,000 crowns and a yearly pension thereafter of 50,000 crowns. Also the King of France was to ransom Queen Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou was the wife of King Henry VI of England. As such, she was Queen consort of England from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471; and Queen consort of France from 1445 to 1453...
with 50,000 crowns. It also included pensions to many of Edward's lords. A notable exception was Edward's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III
Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
), who opposed the treaty and refused the pension Louis offered.