Treaty of Dijon

The treated of Dijon of September 14th 1513 fine put at the attempt at conquest by the Germans, Swiss and Inhabitant of Franche-Comté of the Duchy of Burgundy, and was signed Swiss side by Jacques de Watteville, acknowledged of Bern and the French side by Louis II of Trémoille which carried out a skilful negotiation.

The treaty provided that:

the King of France would make his grounds Italian to the Pope (What was already made before the signature)
the King of France would have to pay with Swiss of Zurich, in two terms, the sum of 400 000 ecus of gold, of which 20 000 cash, at the moment when the seat would be raised.
the King of France was committed settling the many debts of the crown of France near the Swiss ones.
Louis XII renonçait solemnly with all its rights on the Duché of Milan, on the seigniory of Genoa, on the county of Asti, and gave up the whole with Maximilien Sforza.
It formally repudiated the Concile of Pisa and adhered without reserve to the council of Lateran.

Louis XII refused to ratify this treaty, under pretext that the Général Trémoille had acted without to have received the sufficient capacities (what was false) and that certain clauses were attentatoires with its royal majesty: the abandonment of the duchy of Milan and the county of Asti was completely unacceptable. In fact it seems that Louis II of Trémoille signed this treaty to put an end to the seat Dijon by being well aware that he would never be ratified by the king but by estimating that it was the only way of avoiding the catch of the city.

The Swiss ones, the Germans and the Inhabitants of Franche-Comté raised the seat while taking along 5 hostages (of which Philippe de Maizière nephew of Louis of Trémoille which waited in vain and under poor conditions the payment of the promised sums. Their families had finally to pay themselves a ransom of 13 900 ecus to obtain their release on October 3rd 1514.

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