Treaty of Valognes

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The Treaty of Valognes was a treaty signed on 10 September 1355 between Charles II of Navarre and John II of France. It was designed to unite the two kings against Edward III of England in preparation for a continuation of the Hundred Years' War. Charles and John had thitherto been at odds over Charles' claim to the French throne.

On 22 February 1354, by the Treaty of Mantes, John first came to terms with Charles, even though the latter had helped assassinated the French king's constable, Charles de la Cerda. The peace did not last between the two and Charles event struck up an alliance with Henry of Grosmont, the first Duke of Lancaster.^[1] But the next year he signed a treaty with John at Valognes. This second peace hardly last longer than the first.

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• Zacour, Norman P. "Talleyrand: The Cardinal of Périgord (1301-1364)." Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Ser., Vol. 50, No. 7. (1960), pp 1–83.
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