The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbeville Treaties

ABBEVILLE TREATIES. (1) A treaty in 1259 between Louis IX of France (“St. Louis”) and Henry III of England, to settle definitively the territorial rights of the two crowns, Louis fearing that his title to some possessions was liable to dispute, and having sought a settlement for many years. It was negotiated at Paris with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and signed by the two kings at Abbeville during Henry's visit to France, 1259–60, but dated back to 20 May 1259. Henry resigned all title to Normandy, Maine, Anjou, Touraine, and North Saintonge; Louis turned over Périgord, Limousin, South Saintonge, and some districts south of the Loire, to he held by Henry in fief, – a surrender which so enraged the inhabitants that they refused to celebrate Louis' birthday. Henry resigned the titles of Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou, and agreed to do homage at Paris for those of Duke of Guienne and peer of France. (2) Between Henry VIII and Francis I in 1527, Wolsey representing England.