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Francis married, as his second wife, Charles's sister Eleanor, and in 1540, when Charles was in haste to quell a revolt in the Low Countries, he asked a safe conduct through France, and was splendidly entertained at Paris. FRANCIS MARRIED AS HIS SECOND WIFE CHARLES'S SISTER ELEANOR AND IN FIFTEEN FORTY WHEN CHARLES WAS IN HASTE TO QUELL A REVOLT IN THE LOW COUNTRIES HE ASKED A SAFE CONDUCT THROUGH FRANCE AND WAS SPLENDIDLY ENTERTAINED AT PARIS
t was called the Ladies' Peace, which bore as hardly on France as the peace of Madrid, excepting that Charles gave up his claim to Burgundy. Still Francis's plans were not at an end. He married his second son, Henry, to Catherine, the only legitimate child of the great Florentine house of Medici, and tried to induce Charles to set up an Italian dukedom of Milan for the young pair; but when the dauphin died, and Henry became heir of France, Charles would not give him any footing in Italy. Francis never let any occasion pass of harassing the Emperor, but was always defeated. Charles once actually invaded Provence, but was forced to retreat through the devastation of the country before him by Montmorençy, afterwards Constable of France. Francis, by loud complaints, and by talking much of his honour, contrived to make the world fancy him the injured man, while he was really breaking oaths in a shameless manner. At last, in 1537, the king and Emperor met at Aigues Mortes, and came to terms. EN TWENTY NINE WHAT WAS CALLED THE LADIES PEACE WHICH BORE AS HARDLY ON FRANCE AS THE PEACE OF MADRID EXCEPTING THAT CHARLES GAVE UP HIS CLAIM TO BURGUNDY STILL FRANCIS'S PLANS WERE NOT AT AN END HE MARRIED HIS SECOND SON HENRY TO CATHERINE THE ONLY LEGITIMATE CHILD OF THE GREAT FLORENTINE HOUSE OF MEDICI AND TRIED TO INDUCE CHARLES TO SET UP AN ITALIAN DUKEDOM OF MILAN FOR THE YOUNG PAIR BUT WHEN THE DAUPHIN DIED AND HENRY BECAME HEIR OF FRANCE CHARLES WOULD NOT GIVE HIM ANY FOOTING IN ITALY FRANCIS NEVER LET ANY OCCASION PASS OF HARASSING THE EMPEROR BUT WAS ALWAYS DEFEATED CHARLES ONCE ACTUALLY INVADED PROVENCE BUT WAS FORCED TO RETREAT THROUGH THE DEVASTATION OF THE COUNTRY BEFORE HIM BY MONTMORENCY AFTERWARDS CONSTABLE OF FRANCE FRANCIS BY LOUD COMPLAINTS AND BY TALKING MUCH OF HIS HONOR CONTRIVED TO MAKE THE WORLD FANCY HIM THE INJURED MAN WHILE HE WAS REALLY BREAKING OATHS IN A SHAMELESS MANNER AT LAST IN FIFTEEN THIRTY SEVEN THE KING AND EMPEROR MET AT EGMOTTE AND CAME TO TERMS
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