The Treaty of Rouen was signed on 26 August 1517 between

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and

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. The treaty provided the renewal of the

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in terms of mutual military assistance and reciprocal aid. Provision was made for the future marriage of

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to a daughter of

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if circumstances allowed. The treaty was negotiated and signed by

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and Charles, Duke of Alençon.

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, the

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, was advising at

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. The issue of the marriage was conditional and secondary to the main matter of the treaty which detailed undertakings and troop numbers to be provided in the case of English invasion of France or Scotland. Aid from France was including financial support (100 000 "louis soleil") and a contingent of 1500

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s, 500

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and 200 archers. Scotland would send 6 000 men. At the time of the treaty Francis's daughter was promised elsewhere. Hay, Denys, ''The Letters of James V'', HMSO, (1954), 51-52.

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* Dunlop, Annie I., ''The Letters of James V by Robert Kerr Hannay, Denys Hay, James V''. The English Historical Review: Volume 70, No. 277, pp. 636–639, (October 1955), review article *Hay, Denys, ''The Letters of James V'' (HMSO, 1954)

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