English expedition to France (1562-1563)

English expedition to France (1562–1563)
	Part of the French Wars of Religion
Date	1562–1563
Location	Le Havre and Dieppe
Result	English failure; Treaty of Troyes (1564) England accepts French rule of the Pale of Calais in exchange for 120,000 crowns; ; Breakdown of trust between Elizabeth I and Huguenots;
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England Huguenots of Le Havre and Dieppe (Before the Edict of Amboise);
Commanders and leaders
Charles IX of France; Catherine de' Medici; Anne de Montmorency;	Elizabeth I; Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick;

The English expedition to France 1562–1563 was an episode in the First French War of Religion (1562–1563), it resulted in an English defeat and having England relinquish its claims to Calais and the surrounding area.

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