Venice: October 1544

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1873.

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'Venice: October 1544', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 129-130. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/pp129-130 [accessed 26 April 2024]

October 1544

Oct. 18. Deilberazioni Senato (Secreta), v. lxiii. p. 185, tergo. 321. The Same to the Ambassador and Bailo at Constantinople.
The Emperor and the King of France have made peace, the conditions of which are as follow. That they will attend to the affairs of the Religion, to find a suitable form for it (Che si attenderà alle cose delta Religione per ritrovar in quella, forma conveniente). That they will make a marriage between the Emperor's daughter, or his niece, the daughter of the King of the Romans, and the Duke of Orleans, the most Christian King's son; and to decide within the term of four months. Should the Emperor give his daughter, the Duke is to have Flanders as dower, the Emperor remaining in possession of it during his life. Should he give his niece, her dower is to be the Milanese, which will be consigned to her one month after consummation of the marriage. After the celebration of one of these two marriages, the King of France will restore to the Duke of Savoy the territory taken from him in war on either side of the Alps, the King being at liberty to raze the fortresses erected by him in the State of Savoy. That both sides will restore immediately the conquests made by them since the ten years truce stipulated at Nice. That they are to meet together on next St. Martin's day at Cambrai to quiet all possible disputes between France and the Low Countries. That Madame de Vendôme is to have the county St. Pol, and the Duke of Lorraine Estenai [Stenay?], and the King of France will retain the fortress of Hesdin until a suitable mode be found for restoring it. That they have specified as the friends of both sides, the Pope, the Kings of the Romans and of Portugal, the Signory of Venice, and the other potentates of Italy, and have excluded the Neapolitan emigrants (fuorusciti). The Emperor on his part has comprised the King of England, with the condition stipulated on the part of the King of France, that should King Francis and King Henry not agree together, the Emperor is to adjust their disputes. That the King of France will assist Germany and the Emperor with 600 spears and 10,000 infantry, or by payment of troops to that amount, for the affairs of the King of the Romans.
The Signory's ambassador with the King of the Romans informs them, that during the negotiations for peace, the King of England laid siege to Boulogne and obtained it by capitulation, and that the French troops were marching in that direction, it being said that the Emperor would therefore mediate, to reconcile France and England. This likewise is to be communicated to the Bashaws.
Ayes, 154. Noes, 10. Neutrals, 7.
[Italian.]
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