It was in connection with Princess Mary of England, sister of Henry VIII., with whom it was very important for Louis XII.

and for France to be once more at peace and on good terms.

The Duke de Longueville, made prisoner by the English at the battle of Guinegate, had, by his agreeable wit and his easy, chivalrous grace, won Henry VIII.'s favor in London; and he perceived that that prince, discontented with his allies, the Emperor of Germany and the King of Spain, was disposed to make peace with the King of France.

A few months, probably only a few weeks, after Anne of Brittany's death, De Longueville, no doubt with Louis XII.'s privity, suggested to Henry VIII.

the idea of a marriage between his young sister and the King o France.