Unit 6: Duke of Alecon and employing mercenaries
- Created by: Megan Phoenix
- Created on: 05-05-15 20:43
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- Avoid being dragged into religious war
- Relationship:Duke of Alecon
- Control French interference in Netherlands
- Alecon accepted sovereignty over Netherlands - dangerous for England
- Marriage renewed
- E - renewed subsidies to fund his expedition there.
- He failed - leadership incompetant
- Alecon accepted sovereignty over Netherlands - dangerous for England
- Reduce power of Catholic League
- French could dominate English policy and destroy Protestant Church
- Privy Council disallowed marriage
- Control French interference in Netherlands
- Employing mercenaries
- Francis Drake
- Financed to circumnavigate around the globe
- Attack on Spanish shipping - damaged Spanish finances
- Raids on towns on north-west coast
- Financed to circumnavigate around the globe
- Sponsoring John Casimir
- Violent attacks on Catholic churches in Waloon - pop driven back to Spain
- Francis Drake
- Relationship:Duke of Alecon
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