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Anglo-French Truce
In 1286 Edward I did homage to Philip IV and in August settled the long-disputed Quercy and Saintonge question, yielding direct sovereignty over Quer…
Timeline
- 1286Royal Palace, Paris · Île-de-FranceOn 5 June 1286 Edward I performed homage to Philip IV in Paris, publicly acknowledging the French king's overlordship over his continental domains, especially Aquitaine. This was a key step in the diplomatic sequence of 1286, laying the political groundwork for subsequent territorial compensation negotiations.
- 1286Quercy / southwestern France · OccitanieIn August 1286 the two sides reached an agreement on the Quercy and Saintonge disputes left over from the 1259 Treaty of Paris: Edward renounced his sovereignty claims over Quercy, and France promised annual compensation of 3,000 livres tournois along with specific tax arrangements for parts of Quercy. The agreement temporarily froze the territorial conflict in the southwest.
- 1287–1293Southwestern France / Gascony · Nouvelle-AquitaineFrom 1287 France paid compensation to England as agreed and implemented the tax arrangements in Quercy. Between 1286 and 1293 England and France maintained general peace, Gascon trade and vassal relations continued, until maritime raiding and territorial disputes flared again in the early-to-mid 1290s.
Sources
- Philip IV the Fair: State, Taxation and Conflict with the Papacy (1285–1314) https://france-histories.com/en/p/p5-high-middle-ages/ch/p5ch11-philip-iv-the-fair-state-taxation-and-conflict-with-the-papacy-1285-1314
- Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetian%E2%80%93Plantagenet_rivalry
- Les suites du traité de Paris de 1259 pour le Quercy — Léopold Delisle (1911) https://www.persee.fr/doc/anami_0003-4398_1911_num_23_92_7820