Chapter 180: The situation in Ireland

As early as two years ago, Marin gave the important port of Cork in southern Ireland to Earl Edward, so that Earl Edward and his 5ooo soldiers could have a place to stay, so as not to be assaulted by Louis XII. Attacking Calais.

With the secret help of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce under Marin, Earl Edward quietly moved to Cork City, Ireland with 5ooo soldiers.

Louis XII was very annoyed about the departure of Count Edward, but he was too busy to fight for hegemony in Italy, and he had no time to ignore Edward.

Moreover, Edward explained that it was to establish a logistics base in Cork as an attack on the British rear. Although Louis XII was dissatisfied, he felt that Earl Edward, as the only male heir to the York family and the only contender for the throne of Henry VII, still needed support. Therefore, later, Louis XII chose to provide a certain amount of money, so that Earl Edward can raise 5ooo soldiers.

As for King James IV of Scotland, Count Edward was very welcome to move to Ireland. Therefore, the Kingdom of Scotland has no less support for Count Edward than France.

After arriving in Cork City, Earl Edward and his army had caused the panic of Morris Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond, next to Cork City.

You know, Desmond is a big force on the island of Ireland, but it has only three or four thousand soldiers. So, while Count Edward's footing was unsettled, Desmond started an offensive. But Count Edward's strength was not weak, and with the strong Cork City as a backing, he had defended the city and he had run in the army.

Later, Maurice Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond saw that he couldn't eat Count Edward's army, so he changed to alliance and co-op.

Edward just needs an ally's support because of his unstable footing. So, the two sides got together ...

Later, in the early 15o2, Morris Fitzgerald used the Count Edward's army to form a huge coalition of up to 7,000 people, and conquered the Kingdom of Munster in the southwest of Desmond. The continuation of the Desmond Kingdom destroyed the McCarthy family of royal descendants of England ’s invasion of the former Munster Kingdom.

The area of ​​Desmond on the southwest side of the island of Ireland, that is, the southwest of the Kingdom of Munster, has been divided into two parts for a long time since the establishment of Desmond. Part of it was the Desmond State established by the invading English aristocracy, occupying most of the area. However, in the southwestern part of the island of Ireland, it has been occupied by the Desmond Kingdom established by the descendants of the Munster Kingdom. The Desmond attacked many times and was stubbornly resisted by the McCarthy royal family.

But this time, after garnering the army brought by Earl Edward, Desmond finally wiped out and wiped out the country established by the indigenous Irish.

After that, the two divided up the Desmond Kingdom, and Desmond Oberland obtained most of the northern territory. The Earl Edward won a small part of the coast.

In this regard, although Earl Edward was slightly dissatisfied, but because this is the home of Desmond, he temporarily endured it. After all, his enemy is Henry VII, not Morris Fitzgerald. If it is possible, Edward also wants to win over each other.

The current Irish island can be said to be torn apart. Although the British invaded the island of Ireland, the control over the island of Ireland was very low because the mainland could not control it.

Britain really had to control the island of Ireland. It was not until the Stuart monarch, James I, that he sent an army in 16o9 to completely conquer the entire island of Ireland.

At present, the distribution of forces on the Irish island is very complicated. In addition to the direct British territories composed of Dublin and the nearby areas, there are three major kingdoms on the Irish island: Kildare, ear1dofki1dare, Ormond, ear1dofornd, and Desmond, ear1dofdesnd. These three Uncles are the first Norman nobles who were divided during the Norman invasion because of their military merits.

Later, because England did not pay much attention to Ireland for a long time, these three states are actually independent and independent. Their situation, like that of German princes, has a higher degree of autonomy.

Later, the British rule over Ireland, the long-term counties of the three Counties jointly managed Ireland, responsible for extorting "tribute" to other local powers on the island of Ireland, dedicated to the King of England. Moreover, even the most direct British territories, including Dublin, are managed by the three counts for a long time. The king is only responsible for collecting territorial tax, and the management is delegated to the three counts.

It can be said that the real managers on the island of Ireland are these three counts ...

However, since Henry VII established the Tudor dynasty in 1485, the practice of co-administering Ireland by the three counts was changed to the method of appointing Earl of Kildare as Governor of the Island of Ireland Fitzgerald is in sole control of the island of Ireland.

This caused strong dissatisfaction between the two traditional powerful states of Desmond and Ormond, because their power was lost ...

Therefore, when the false Richard Perkin Warbeck occupied Cork City and used it as a base against Henry VII, Morris Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond, gave a lot of support to support the false theory Check to overthrow Henry VII. Of course, the fake Richard failed in the end and was cut off. But the separation of Morris Fitzgerald and Tudor dynasty became a reality. Of course, because the island of Ireland was too remote at that time, and Cork City was also declared a free trade city by the British royal family, and no longer under the control of Desmond. Therefore, Henry VII was not very clear about Morris Fitzgerald's problem. Or, even if you understand, there is no evidence that Morris Fitzgerald supports false Richards. Because Cork City does not belong to Desmond ...

Speaking of it, the Desmond and Kildare countries still belong to the same family, the Fitzgerald family. However, from the Norman Conquest to the present, it has been down for hundreds of years. The previous family affection is long gone. Because he was jealous of Earl Kildare's power, Desmond and Kildare were already hostile to each other.

It was Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond. Although he was dissatisfied with his authority, he was not as opposed as Morris Fitzgerald. It's just not possible to expect Ormond to remain faithful. At least ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ won't die loyal to Henry VII who deprived Count Ormond of authority.

Of course, in addition to the three major kingdoms, there are also two British kingdoms on the southeast coast of the island of Wexford on the southeast coast of Ireland, and the island of Ulsterford on the northeast coast of the island of Ireland. However, these two Berkshires are relatively small, and they have little say in politics.

In addition, most parts of the island of Ireland are also controlled by various countries established by local power. For example, the Kingdom of Desmond, which was previously eliminated by the Desmond and Earl Edwards, was the small regime established by the descendants of the Royal King of Munster in Ireland before the Norman invasion. Most of the northern and western parts of the island of Ireland are still under the control of small local forces. Although they were torn apart, once the English wanted to expand, those local forces would still unite to resist.

Therefore, the three major states have not been able to continue to expand. However, the McCarthy dynasty at the southwestern end of the island of Ireland, because there are no local small nations allied with it. Therefore, no one came to rescue when they were jointly besieged by the Desmond and Edwardian armies. They could only be eliminated in this way ...

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