Note 68 — Chapter XII · IMPERIAL STRUGGLES OF FRANCIS I AND HENRY II

[Charles had succeeded Ferdinand the Catholic, who died in 1516. Francis made no murmur when Charles entered into his vast heritage; indeed, he signed a treaty of offensive and defensive alliance with him at Nyon in 1516. France gained nothing by it except the restitution to Jeanne d’Albret of Basse-Navarre, which Ferdinand had seized. But Maximilian’s death in 1519 changed the whole face of affairs.]