Alliance Anglo-Imperial alliance
An Anglo-Imperial alliance is completed against France
Role range: 1509-1547
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Henry VIII Biography and Timeline — Page 22
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1543
Alliance Henry VIII and Charles V
Completes an Anglo-Imperial alliance with Charles V against Francis I of France.
Role range: 1509-1547
Alliance with Charles V
The agreement prepares coordinated pressure on Francis I.
Role range: 1509-1547
Anglo-Imperial Alliance
Completes an alliance with Emperor Charles V against France.
Role range: 1509-1547
French Peace Consultation Clause
Agrees with Charles V that neither ally will settle separately with France before communicating French proposals and answers to the other.
Role range: 1509-1547
Imperial Alliance Against France
Concludes a twenty-five-article alliance with Charles V that restores Anglo-Imperial cooperation and prepares coordinated action against France.
Role range: 1509-1547
Imperial Mutual Defence Clause
Agrees that attacks on specified English or Imperial territories will be treated as attacks on both allied rulers.
Role range: 1509-1547
Joint Invasion of France Clause
Accepts an alliance article requiring both rulers to mount a major invasion of France within two years.
Role range: 1509-1547
Joint Naval War Commitment
Promises coordinated naval forces with the emperor to operate against France after a formal declaration of war.
Role range: 1509-1547
Bible Reading Restricted by Statute
The Act for the Advancement of True Religion limits access to English scripture for some social groups and seeks to control unauthorised interpretation.
Role range: 1509-1547
King's Book Published
The Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for Any Christian Man presents an authoritative and more conservative statement of religion under Henry VIII.
Role range: 1509-1547
Anglo-Imperial War Policy
Commits England to renewed conflict with Francis I.
Role range: 1509-1547
Declaration of War
Declares war on France so that he can win the French throne
Role range: 1509-1547
Declaration of War
Declares war on France as England joins the wider Habsburg-Valois conflict.
Role range: 1509-1547
War with France
Declares war on France as part of his alliance with Charles V.
Role range: 1509-1547
Anglo-Scottish Marriage Treaty
The treaty proposes marriage between Prince Edward and Mary Queen of Scots.
Role range: 1543-1551 – 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
Agrees the Treaty of Greenwich with Scottish representatives.
Role range: 1543-1551 – 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The Treaty of Greenwich agrees peace and proposes the marriage of Prince Edward to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Role range: 1509-1547
Invasion of Scotland
Henry VIII expects the Treaty of Greenwich to bring Scotland into a closer English political orbit.
Role range: 1509-1547
Invasion of Scotland
The Treaty of Greenwich agrees peace and the future marriage of Prince Edward to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
Henry VIII uses the treaty to seek a dynastic union between England and Scotland.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The Treaty of Greenwich is signed, proposing peace between England and Scotland.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The agreement seeks to end conflict after the Scottish defeat at Solway Moss.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The settlement is intended to bring Scotland into a closer English alliance after the death of James V.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The treaty arranges the future marriage of Prince Edward to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The treaty provides that Mary, Queen of Scots, will marry Henry VIII's son Edward when both are older.
Role range: 1509-1547
Marriage to Catherine Parr
Marries Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace.
Role range: 1509-1547
Marriage
Marries Catherine Parr, 6th wife, widow of Lord Latimer
Role range: 1509-1547
Sixth Marriage of Henry VIII
Takes Catherine Parr as his sixth and final wife.
Role range: 1509-1547
Invasion of Scotland
The pro-French and Catholic faction around Cardinal Beaton opposes the English marriage policy.
Role range: 1509-1547
Invasion of Scotland
Opposition to the English marriage grows among Scots who fear domination by Henry VIII.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
Regent Arran ratifies the Treaty of Greenwich before Scottish opposition to the English marriage hardens.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
Regent Arran ratifies the Treaty of Greenwich before Scottish opposition to English influence grows.
Role range: 1509-1547
Invasion of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots, is crowned at Stirling as Scottish leaders seek to protect her from English pressure.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
Opposition to the treaty increases among Scots who fear domination by Henry VIII.
Role range: 1509-1547
Scotland reverts to pro-French & Catholic policies
Scotland reverts to pro-French & Catholic policies after the escape of Cardinal Beaton
Role range: 1509-1547
Scottish Policy Hardens
Turns increasingly toward coercion after the marriage treaty collapses.
Role range: 1543-1551 – 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich Rejected
Receives news that Scotland has rejected the Greenwich settlement.
Role range: 1543-1551 – 1509-1547
Treaty of Greenwich
The Scottish Parliament rejects the Treaty of Greenwich and the proposed marriage alliance with England.
Role range: 1509-1547
Invasion of Scotland
The Scottish Parliament rejects the Treaty of Greenwich and the proposed Edward and Mary marriage.
Role range: 1509-1547
Records, sources and methodology
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