Treaty of Mechlin (1513)

{{Short description|1513 alliance against France}} The '''Treaty of Mechlin (1513)''' was an agreement between [[Henry VIII]], [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Pope Leo X]] to form an alliance against France. The treaty was the first of a series of treaties (the others being the Treaties of London of 1516 and [[Treaty of London (1518)|1518]] and the [[Treaty of Cambrai]] of 1517) which attempted to unite the main European powers by building a [[League_of_Cambrai#Holy_League|holy league]] in order to establish a ''respublica christiana''.<ref>Smollett, Tobias (1758) A Complete History of England, from the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748: Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years, Volume 4, James Rivington and James Fletcher, and R. Baldwin</ref><ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/197|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/197 197–204]}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6HIsAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Treaty+of+Mechlin%22&pg=PA96 Rapin de Thoyras (Paul, M.) and Nicolas Tindal (1729) The History of England, Volume 7 of The History of England: As Well Ecclesiastical as Civi, Printed by assignment from Mr. Knapton, for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Robinson [and 16 others], 1729] (Accessed Sep 2013)</ref><ref>Lesaffer, Randall. (2002) Amicitia in Renaissance peace and alliance treaties (1450-1530). ''Journal of the History of International Law'' 4.1: 77-99</ref>

[[Mechelen|Mechlin]] (or Mechelen) was at the time the seat of [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy]] and location of her [[Hof van Savoye]].

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