Everything about The Treaty Of Troyes totally explained
The
Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that
Henry V of England would inherit the throne of
France upon the death of King
Charles VI of France. It was signed in
Troyes, France in
1420. The treaty was part of the aftermath of the
Battle of Agincourt. This attempt to alter the traditional pattern of French royal succession didn't succeed.
Terms
This treaty attempted to disinherit the future
Charles VII from succession to the French throne. It arranged the marriage of Charles VI's daughter
Catherine of Valois to
English King
Henry V and proclaimed Henry V and his future sons to be the successors of Charles VI. The
Estates-General of France ratified the agreement later that year after Henry V entered Paris.
Background
French king Charles VI suffered bouts of insanity through much of his reign. Henry V had invaded in
1415 and delivered a crushing defeat to the French at
Agincourt. Three years later French partisans of
Dauphin Charles murdered
John the Fearless,
Duke of Burgundy. John's successor
Philip the Good was outraged and formed an alliance with the English.
Unpopular Queen
Isabeau of Bavaria agreed to the treaty declaring her son to be a bastard in what might be viewed as
Realpolitik. Four of her five sons had already died.
Dauphin Charles was sickly and suspected of involvement in the murder plot (he had failed to intervene while it happened in front of him). There were probably concerns about the chances of his inheriting his father's illness. If the dynasties joined through Henry V it could end the war and leave France in the hands of a vigorous and able king. Philip the Good, also involved in the negotiations, had his own reasons to support English rule, being allied both politically and economically with the English and desiring revenge for his father's murder.
Controversy
At the time of the treaty's signing, no one expected that both Charles VI and Henry V would die within two months of each other in
1422, leaving an infant
Henry VI of England the nominal ruler of both countries. Charles VII assumed
de facto control of the remaining French territory upon his father's death. His detractors claimed that he wasn't the son of Charles VI. Queen Isabeau was rumored to have had an affair with the
duke of Orléans and many observers viewed the treaty as confirmation of his illegitimacy. Supporters of the English claims called Charles VII the "King of Bourges," a derisive reference to the reduced state of France.
Clerics who supported Charles VII cited the ancient
Salic Law to contest that no woman could transmit the right to inheritance. The treaty had based the claims of both Henry V and Henry VI on their relationship to Catherine of Valois. The aims of the Treaty of Troyes failed through the intervention of
Joan of Arc, who brought Charles VII to an official coronation by recapturing the city of
Rheims.
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