The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in April 1559 ended the Italian Wars. It consisted of two separate treaties, one between England and France on 2 April, and another between France and Spain on 3 April.
Signing of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis; Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain in centre
Partition of Habsburg dominions in 1556
The fatal tournament between Henry II and Montgomery
Jean de Morvillier, bishop of Orléans was a French noble, prelate, diplomat and de facto chancellor during the latter Italian Wars and early French Wars of Religion. Born into a prominent robe noble f