1523 - War with France

• By the early 1520s, France was involved in a long series of wars in Italy against Catherine of Aragon’s powerful nephew, the Emperor Charles V.
• By 1523, Henry hoped to benefit from alliance with Charles and with the disloyal Constable of France to invade France once more.
• Wolsey opposed it, but could not dissuade the king.
• English forces landed in France, captured the port of Boulogne and marched towards Paris before being forced back by bad weather and lack of supplies.