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Treaty of Paris

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  • role of Louis IX
    • Louis IX
      In Louis IX: Achievement of peace and administrative reforms of Louis IX

      …treaty was finally signed in Paris on May 28, 1258. The terms of the treaty were generous with regard to the Plantagenets. Although Louis could have stripped Henry III of all his Continental holdings, he left him Aquitaine and some neighbouring territories. In return, the king of England acknowledged himself…

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    France

    • France
      In France: Louis IX

      …with Henry III; in the Treaty of Paris (December 1259) Henry regained title to lands and reversionary rights in Guyenne in exchange for renouncing all claims to Normandy, Anjou, Maine, Touraine, and Poitou. Similarly, by the Treaty of Corbeil (May 1258) Louis himself had abandoned ancient claims to Catalonia and…

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    • Guyenne
      • In Guyenne

        …first became important through the Treaty of Paris (1259) between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England. By this treaty, Louis IX accepted Henry III as his vassal for Guyenne and also for Gascony, which the English had held previously. (England had received both Aquitaine and Gascony in…

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    • Normandy
      • Mont-Saint-Michel
        In Normandy: Ancient history

        …it was only with the Treaty of Paris (1259) that the English crown in the person of Henry III formally surrendered its claim to Normandy, thus acknowledging the loss of the duchy to France. The English subsequently reconquered Normandy in the early 15th century during the Hundred Years’ War, but…

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    • England
      • United Kingdom
        In United Kingdom: The Hundred Years’ War to 1360

        …and stemming ultimately from the Treaty of Paris of 1259. By establishing that the kings of England owed homage to the kings of France for Gascony the treaty had created an awkward relationship. The building of bastides (fortified towns) by each side contributed to friction, as did piracy by English…

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