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Henry VII's foreign policy The Breton Crisis 1488-92 - Coggle Diagram
Henry VII's foreign policy The Breton Crisis 1488-92
What happened
Fr invaded Brittany 1488 to try and force a marriage alliance between Anne (Brittany) and Charles VIII (France)
Ferdinand and Maximillian wanted to stop this
Brittany would enhance Fr power and strategic abilities
Both sent troops to aid Brittany
Dk of Brittany asked H7 for help
H7 tried to mediate
French defeated Brittany
Dk of Brittany died
Anne now inherited so Fr siezed her
H7's problems
Brittany
Helped H7 when in exile
Useful buffer
French ambition was alarming
alliance
France
Powerful
alliance
Don't want to annoy for fear of Pretenders
What did H7 do
Need to protect brittany won out
H7 signed the Treaty of Redon
Treaty of Redon (Feb 1489)
-agree to support Brittany's independence and H7 to supply 6,000 troops
H7 also worked quickly to ensure the treaty wouldn't leave Eng isolated and vulnerable