Peace of Arras (1482)
In the Peace of Arras , or the Treaty of Arras , King Louis XI met on December 23, 1482 after armed conflicts . von France and Archduke Maximilian von Habsburg settled their claims in relation to the Duchy of Burgundy , which was ultimately divided between the two parties.
prehistory
The Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold died in the Battle of Nancy on January 5, 1477 and left his unmarried daughter Maria as the only heir . With the earlier approval of her father, she married Archduke Maximilian of Austria on August 19, 1477.
Since Maria, contrary to the wishes of the French King Louis XI. did not marry the Dauphin , France took over a large part of the Burgundian property immediately after Charles's death. Troops moved into the French feudal duchy of Burgundy , the Free County of Burgundy and a number of cities in Flanders , Picardy and Artois .
In September 1477, Maximilian I and Ludwig XI. a truce. The following year, however, the French lands in Paris were confiscated by Charles the Bold - the war began again. After Maximilian's victory over the French army in the Battle of Guinegate (1479) , Flanders remained in the possession of his wife Maria.
Maximilian then came into conflict with the Dutch cities, which have no unitary state and wanted to preserve the independence of their provinces. Furthermore, after the early death of his wife on March 27, 1482, from whom he had the children Philip and Margaret , he again had to defend himself against French claims.
After Maria's death, the people of Ghent revolted against Archduke Maximilian, who was the guardian of his son Philip, and forced him to sign the Peace of Arras, which was unfavorable for him and the Netherlands.
agreement
The Duchy of Burgundy, the Free County , the Artois and some smaller dominions fell to France, which Burgundy regarded as its rightful property. The city of Arras and Picardy, which had been occupied since 1477, also remained in French possession.
Maximilian got Flanders back. In the Treaty of Senlis of May 23, 1493, he was also awarded the Free County and Artois.
In addition, both sides agreed that the marriage between Maximilian's two-year-old daughter, Margarethe, and the 13-year-old French Dauphin Karl would later be married . However, this plan was not realized, as Charles VIII made the life alliance with Anne de Bretagne in 1491 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Vocelka : The Europeanization of the Habsburg domestic power policy. In: Klaus Herbers , Florian Schuller (ed.): Europe in the 15th century. Autumn of the Middle Ages - Spring of the Modern Age? Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7917-2412-6 , p. 208.