Charles's foreign policy Flashcards
when did Charles go to war with Spain?
-1625
what happened during the journey to Cadiz?
-fleet landed near Cadiz and as the soldiers advanced to attack the town they came across a farm full of vats of wine they drank these and the soldiers degenerated into a farce, attack was abandoned and sickness swept through the ships as they ran out of beer and water.
-went home in humiliation at an enormous cost it achieved nothing.
-Buckingham took much of the blame.
why did Charles go to war with the French?
-relations with France had deteriorated steadily from the beginning of 1626
-Buckingham was completely outmanoeuvred in his dealings with Cardinal Richelieu, he used English ships on loan to France to defeat a Huguenot force in 1625 which caused outrage in England
-Buckingham was furious and decided that he must engineer the removal of Richelieu and made contact with the Dukes of Lorraine and Savoy and they also wished to remove him.
what happened during the expedition to Rhe?
-1627 June
-set out with the intention of capturing the Island of Rhe.
-first troops were landed on the island and its citadel was besieged
-Buckingham didn’t receive adequate backing from England and necessary supplies and reinforcement failed to arrive.
-finally the ladders for scaling the citadel were found to be too short.
-returned in November having achieved nothing.
how did foreign policy affect relationship with Parliament?
-first three parliaments poisoned relationship with Charles due to foreign policy.
-Parliament was unwilling to vote large sums of money only to see them frittered away without anything being achieved and in turn the adequacy of the sums made defeat much more likely.
-the lack of adequate finance meant that the King was driven to find money how ever he could and this created more conflict with Parliament.
how did Buckingham die?
-John Felton stabbed him to death in 1628 while the duke was supervising another expedition to La Rochelle.
-Felton was hanged in November 1628.
who did Charles blame for Buckingham’s death?
-Parliament
what treaty was made with Spain?
-Treaty of Madrid 1630 November
what treaty was made with France?
-Treaty of Souza April 1629
