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Treaty of Madrid (1526)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1526

On 14 January 1526 captive French king Francis I signed the Treaty of Madrid with Emperor Charles V in Madrid, renouncing claims to Burgundy and Mila…

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  1. 1525–1526Madrid · SpainAfter the defeat at Pavia, Francis I was imprisoned in Spain. Charles V made the king's release conditional on France ceding Burgundy and abandoning Italian ambitions, and the two sides entered prolonged negotiations.
  2. 1526Madrid · SpainFrancis I formally signed the treaty in Madrid, renouncing his claims to Flanders, Artois, Burgundy, Milan and Naples, and agreeing to leave his two sons as hostages in exchange for his own release.
  3. 1526France · FranceFrancis was released and returned home in March 1526, immediately declaring in parliament that the treaty was void because it had been coerced, and forming the Cognac League to continue opposing the Habsburgs; his two sons remained detained in Spain.

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