Treaty of Cambrai

Margaret of Austria.
Louise of Savoy.

The Treaty of Cambrai, also known as the Paz de las Damas or Paix des Dames ('Ladies' Peace'), was an agreement made on August 3, 1529 that ended the French involvement in the War of the League of Cognac between the French king Francis I and the Spanish Habsburg emperor Charles V. The treaty temporarily confirmed Spanish (Habsburg) hegemony in the Duchy of Milan and in Southern Italy.[1]

The peace was negotiated and signed at Cambrai by two ladies: Margaret of Austria for the emperor, and Louise of Savoy for the king.

The treaty renewed the Treaty of Madrid (1526), except that it did not exact the surrender of Burgundy to Charles.

  1. ^ Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "Margaretha [Nederlanden] § Margaretha van Oostenrijk". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.