Mary I: Foreign Policy

1.1   Foreign Policy 1553-1558

1553-1555:

·         Charles V (HRE) was in the last part of the Hasburg-Valois (France) and by 1555 he abdicated; his son Philip had taken over in the west and his brother Ferdinand had taken over in the East of the Hasburg empire.

·         Mary’s marriage to Philip led to tensions like the 1554 Wyatt Rebellion

·         Mary acted as a mediator between France and the Hasburgs at Gravelines in Spring 1555

 1556-1557:

·         The truce between France and the Hasburgs at the Treaty of Vaucelles (February 1556) was ended in September 1556 when Phillip attacked Pope Paul IV who was allied with France.

·         Philip demanded English support and returned to England in March to press his claim for funds, naval support and troops.

·         6000 troops were sent to the Netherlands in January 1557 to help resist the French, however Mary was…