The
Treaty of Chinon is a treaty signed between the king of France
Philippe II and the king of England
John I on September 18, 1214, in Chinon, after the defeat of the allies on July 27 in
Bouvines. During the
Battle of Bouvines, Philippe II broke a terrible coalition (
Kingdom of England,
Flanders,
Holy Roman Empire) and won a decisive victory over the Germanic emperor
Othon IV of Brunswick, allied to the England King John Lackland, and the
count of Flanders Ferdinand. This victory will lead to the break-up of the
Angevin Empire of the
Plantagenets. John I had to evacuate French territory and was forced by
Pope Innocent III to accept the Treaty of Chinon, which consecrated the loss of his possessions north of the
Loire:
Berry and
Touraine, with
Maine and
Anjou, returned in the
royal domain, which now covered a third of the territory of present-day France. He also had to pay 60,000 pounds to the King of France. The English only retained the
Guyenne, which included the western part of the
Duchy of Gascony and a small portion of southwestern
Aquitaine. ==References==