France (Varna)

France, officially the Kingdom of France, was a western European nation in Brazilian's Varna series. Though mostly isolated from alliances during Season 1, they became one of the strongest bastions of Catholicism in the wake of the Protestant Reformation in Season 2.
On the Tatsumaki score ranking, "French" is Level 11.
== The Hundred Years' War ==
France's role in the series began with the Hundred Years' War against England. Going into 1447, the war was going badly for France, so they called for help, and Castile and Scotland answered. Castilian troops were forced to invade Navarra to reach France, so Aragon joined the war on the English side. Though Scotland was soundly defeated by the English in 1448, Aragon's successes were limited to Murcia, as the French and Castilians pushed Aragon back on all other fronts. When Aragon experienced a rebellion in their Italian territories in 1450, they surrendered the next year, and France gained Roussillon from the concluding treaty of Barcelona.
An invasion from Portugal then took Castile out of the war. As French troops who had been sent to Castile began their journey back to France, they perished in a massive earthquake in Navarra. England capitalised on the disaster by intensifying their attacks in northern France, until Burgundy took Calais from them. England then agreed to a peace treaty to finally end the Hundred Years' War.
== Supporting the Tudors ==
The ruling dynasty of England, the House of Lancaster, were then ousted by the House of York in the 1460s. Then in 1484, Yorkist King Richard III passed without an heir, so a succession war began in England, between the House of York and the House of Tudor, the latter of whom received French support, and won the war.
== The Dijon Campaigns ==
France made two attempts to invade Burgundy, surprising the latter both times. The first attempt was in 1490, when Burgundian vassals were either declaring independence, or being defeated by those who had. From these vassals, France was granted Picardy, Artois, Namur and Hainaut in the concluding treaty, as well as the small village of Clamecy from Burgundy proper. France's entry into the War of Dutch Independence had triggered a response from several Holy Roman states, including the Austrian Emperor. However, a decade later, in 1501, Austria was already caught up in a war, so France tried to take Burgundy again, and succeeded, even helping Austria's enemies in 1502. In the concluding Treaty of Milan, Burgundy was annexed into France.
== Revenge Against Castile ==
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== The Protestant Reformation ==
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