Spain

• Spain


  Powerful state ruled over by Ferdinand and his wife Isabella
• Treaty of Medina de Campo (1489)


  Gave Henry some of the international peace and security to which he aspired
• Key terms of the Treaty of Medina de Campo

  • Mutual protection in the event of attack
  • Agreed not to harbour rebels or pretenders
  • Arranged a marriage alliance between Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Aragon
• Arrangements for the royal marriage did not go smoothly

  Ferdinand proved reluctant to allow the marriage to go ahead as long as Henry's dynastic stability remained threatened by Perkin Warbeck
• The details of the marriage were finally agreed

  1499
• The marriage took place

  1501
• Arthur's death in 1502


  Brought complications to Henry's relations with Ferdinand
• Henry immediately suggested that Catherine should marry his second son, Prince Henry


  Ferdinand was reluctant to agree
• In 1504, Henry lost his enthusiasm for the marriage


  When the death of Isabella made Ferdinand a less significant political figure
• Henry chose to support Juana (Catherine of Aragon's sister)


  During the resultant succession struggle in Spain between Ferdinand and Juana
• Juana and her husband Philip of Burgundy


  Set sail for Spain in January 1506, but were forced to take refuge in England when their ship was wrecked at sea
• Treaty of Windsor (1506)


  Secured a stronger relationship with Juana and Philip
• Key terms of the Treaty of Windsor

  • Intercursus Malus (restoring trade relations between England and Burgundy)
  • Return of the Earl of Suffolk (further securing Henry's dynasty)
  • Proposed marriage alliance for Henry with Philip's sister, the Archduchess Margaret
  • Henry's recognition of Juana and Philip as rulers of Castile
• Philip of Burgundy's death, soon after the couple's arrival in Spain


  Proved disastrous for Henry
• Juana, in her grief, was described by her father Ferdinand as having gone mad


  This gave Ferdinand the opportunity once more to become regent of Castile
• Ferdinand ensured that the marriage between Prince Henry and Catherine would not take place in Henry VII's lifetime


  Though they did marry once Prince Henry had come to the throne as King Henry VIII