Henry VII and foreign powers
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- Henry VII and foreign powers
- Spain
- In 1489, the treaty of medina del campo was signed between England and Spain. It agreed that:
- Spain and England would not make treaties with France without sounding the others first.
- There would be equal trading rights for each other's merchants
- Prince Arthur would marry the Spanish Catherine of Aragon to cement the alliance. Marriage actually took place in 1501
- In 1489, the treaty of medina del campo was signed between England and Spain. It agreed that:
- Burgundy
- Burgundy was part of the HRE
- Richard III's sister, Margaret of Burgundy, who hated Henry VII, was very influential in Burgundy. She had been married to its previous duke
- Margaret of Burgundy supported Perkin Warbeck until 1496, when Henry signed Magnus intercursus with Philip, duke of Burgundy
- France
- France took control of Brittany, which was against Henry's interests. This was called the Breton Crisis
- The 1492 Treaty of Etaples that ended the Breton Crisis gave Henry an annual income and a guarantee that France would not shelter English rebels
- In 1496, Henry VII entered the holy league, an alliance of France's rivals in the continuing Italian wars. But England remained neutral in the fighting
- Scotland
- England made a truce with Scotland in 1486
- In Summer 1495, Perkin Warbeck was welcomed by King James IV. Warbeck was given £1,200
- Spain
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