Abstract
There is a long-standing tradition that at Nancy in 1445 Henry VI of England was married by proxy to Margaret of Anjou, being represented by the earl of Suffolk. (If so, this was the second such proxy wedding, as Suffolk had already stood in for Henry at a canonical ceremony at Tours in May of the previous year.) Some historians believe, variously, that during his preliminary negotiations at Tours, or at Nancy, Suffolk gave an undertaking to the French to cede those parts of the county of Maine which were still in English hands. Others think that Suffolk made no such promise, that it was the French who subsequently made this claim, and it was used by the English parliament to discredit and impeach the powerful minister. Who was responsible for ceding Maine to France? And what role did Suffolk and Margaret play in the negotiations? This article reexamines the evidence for what happened at Nancy and discusses these questions from a different perspective.
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