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| Edward IV (1461 - 1470) |
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1461 | Jul 22 |  Death of Charles VII
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| | Charles VII died in July of 1461 after a long illness resulting in an abscess in his mouth that meant he could not eat or drink. Louis, his on, had refused to
see his dying father, but as soon as he learnt of the King's death Louis headed to Rheims and Paris to claim the French throne. |
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| Aug 15 | Louis XI crowned King of France
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| | Louis and his wife were crowned at Rhiems Cathedral. |
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1462 | Jun 28 | Queen Margaret and Louis XI
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| | Queen Margaret of England and Louis XI of France sign a treaty. Margaret promised that Calais would be his if he helped her return Henry to the throne. |
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1464 | May | Edward secretly marries
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| | Edward married Elizabeth Woodville (Wydville) secretly during a hunting trip. The hunting trip that may have been arranged as a cover. Edward is supposed to have had a reputation as a lady's man and had many lovers. To Edward, Elizabeth could have been just another lover, but Elizabeth may have wanted more and persuaded Edward to marry her. The marriage took place in secret and was kept quiet until the spring of 1465. One problem with the marriage was that Elizabeth was the widow of Henry V's brother John, a Lancastrian and her family were Lancastrian supporters. The other problem was that Warwick had contacted the French king Louis XI and had been trying to arrange a marriage for Edward to a French princess. Edward's act upset Warwick's plans. |
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| Henry VI (1470 restored) |
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1470 | Jul 22 | Warwick and the Lancastrians
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| | Louis XI, the French King devised a plan to remove Edward IV from the English throne. Louis persuaded the Earl of Warwick (a Yorkist) and Margaret of Anjou the exiled wife of Henry VI (a Lancastrian) to combine forces and attempt to over through Edward. Warwick and Margaret met on 22 July at Anger Cathedral to put their differences aside and to agree on a course of action. |
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| Edward IV (1471 restored - 1483) |
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1475 | Jul | Edward invades France
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| | Edward's plans to unseat the King of France led to his invasion of France with a force of 10,000 men. He had been promised assistance from the Dukes of Brittany and Burgundy, and the King of Aragon. Unfortunately the Burgundian army did not turn up due to another conflict and Edward was left without sufficient men to proceed. |
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| Aug | Peace treaty signed
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| | Louis and Edward agreed to a peace treaty to last seven years. The Treaty of Picquigny agreement meant Louis was to pay Edward an initial sum to leave France, and a smaller yearly sum there-after. |
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| Richard III (1483 - 1485) |
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1483 | Aug 30 | Death of Louis XI
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| | Louis XI had suffered from a series of strokes that had left him partially paralysed since 1480 and a further stroke in August of 1483 was the final one. He died a few days later. Louis had two daughters and a son. Before his death, Louis had declared that Charles, his son, should be the next King of France but because Charles was in poor health and had been given a poor education Louis specified that Anne, his eldest daughter, should act a regent until Charles was able to rule unaided. |
