Picquigny, Treaty of

Treaty between Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France, signed on 29 August 1475, in which Edward agreed to withdraw his troops in return for payment of a lump sum at the time and a regular annual pension thereafter. Edward had landed at Calais to mount an invasion of France, but discovered he would not receive the support he had expected from his Burgundian allies. The payment of the pension in the 16th century was the last trace of the English Crown's claim to France.