Genuflection of Henri II (Sacred Accord)

The Genuflection of Henri II is the name for the moment when Henri II, last King of France, kneeled before Saint Margaret, Queen of England, and swore an oath of fealty to her on 3rd March 1505, marking the end of the Two Hundred Years' War. The oath itself is known as the Oath of Angers after the city in which it was sworn. Angers was chosen as it was the ancestral city of the House of Anjou to which Margaret belonged, signifying the subjugation of France to the Angevins once more.

As a consequence of the oath, a large amount of territory in Occitania and Aquitania came under the authority of the Angevin Crown. Furthermore, Henri agreed to abdicate without an heir within a few days to dissolve his kingdom; this occurred on 10th March. This made the Angevin 'Kingdom of France' the sole claimant to the French throne. Henri's title was reduced to a dukedom when he was inaugurated as Duke of France on 13th March. He reigned under considerable autonomy thereafter until his death in XXXX.