On This Day In History: The Peace Of Etaples Signed Between Kings Of France And England – On Nov 3, 1492

AncientPages.com - On November 3, 1492, the Peace of Etaples was signed in Étaples (northern France) between the kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor of England.

The Treaty served to end an English invasion of France, launched to stop France's support for the pretender Perkin Warbeck. By this Treaty, France agreed to expel Warbeck and pay England an indemnity of £159,000.

The Treaty was ratified in December.

The Treaty's terms included the English accepting French control of Brittany, the French withdrawing their support for Warbeck, and a war indemnity of 742,000 crowns, payable at 50,000 crowns per annum. It increased Henry VII's income by at least half.

The Treaty could be interpreted as a spectacular success. An English military incursion had forced the French to sue for peace, presenting it as 'the English are great again.'
French abandoning support for Warbeck removed one of Henry VII's key enemies.

On the other hand, Henry VII had abandoned the Bretons and went back on the Treaty of
Redon. However, this had already happened in 1491, and the benefits seemed to outweigh the costs.

He did this while maintaining the Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489) with Spain, so he was not too bothered by the loss of Britany as a trading partner since Medina del Campo enabled Henry VII to gain a healthy income.

After 1492 a rapprochement between England and France occurred.

This improvement continued until the end of Henry VII's reign.

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