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The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance") [1] [2] was an alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France against England made in 1295. The Scots word auld, meaning old, has become a partly affectionate term for the long-lasting association between the two countries.
The Treaty of Corbeil (1326) renewed the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland. It confirmed the obligation of each state to join the other in declaring war if either was attacked by England. It confirmed the obligation of each state to join the other in declaring war if either was attacked by England.
This is a chronological list of the battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland, as well as battles involving Scotland in support of France as part of the "Auld Alliance" . The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Renewal of the Auld Alliance between the Kingdoms of France and Scotland. 1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373: Treaty of alliance between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand I and Queen Eleanor of Portugal; it is the oldest treaty still in force. 1379 Treaty of Neuberg: Divides Habsburg lands between Dukes Albert III and Leopold III ...
Animosity with Henry VIII of England helped prompt the renewal of the Auld Alliance in 1512. When the Pope organised a Holy League, which included England, against the French in 1511, James was caught between incompatible diplomatic policies. He tried to suggest an unrealistic European Crusade to Constantinople, but after border skirmishing ...
However, border conflict had restarted in 1480, perhaps due to Scotland's Auld Alliance with France. [5] According to a chronicle, the Earl of Angus had attacked Bamburgh Castle, and the Earl of Northumberland had raided in Scotland. [6] By October, James III had written to Louis XI of France asking for guns and artillerymen to repulse further ...
The Auld Alliance between France and Scotland had been renewed in 1326 and was intended to deter England from attacking either country by the threat that in this case the other would invade English territory. [5] In June Philip VI asked David II to attack pre-emptively: "I beg you, I implore you ...
After 1295, and the agreements that would become known as the Auld Alliance, there is documentary evidence of French soldiery in Scotland or Scottish soldiery in France. From the outset of the Hundred Years War, there were Scottish companies officially fighting for Philip VI of France.