Editing Louis XI (section)

==Dealings with England==
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At the same time that France and Burgundy were fighting each other, England was experiencing a bitter civil conflict now known as the [[Wars of the Roses]]. Louis had an interest in this war, for the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, was allied with the [[House of York|Yorkists]] who opposed King [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]]. When the [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick]] fell out with the Yorkist King [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], after helping Edward attain his throne, Louis granted Warwick refuge in France. Through Louis's diplomacy, Warwick then formed an alliance with his bitter enemy [[Margaret of Anjou]] in order to restore her husband Henry VI to the throne. The plan worked, and Edward was forced into exile in 1470, but he later returned to England in 1471. Warwick was then killed at the [[Battle of Barnet]] in 1471.{{sfn|Kendall|1971|p=241}}  King Henry VI was soon murdered afterwards.{{sfn|Kendall|1971|p=241}}

Now the undisputed master of England, Edward invaded France in 1475,{{sfn|Kendall|1971|p=276}} but Louis was able to negotiate the [[Treaty of Picquigny]], by which the English army left France in return for a large sum of money. The English renounced their claim to French lands such as [[Normandy]], and the [[Hundred Years' War]] could be said to be finally over.{{fact|date=March 2025}}