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# THE BEGINNING OF ITALIAN WARS -> CHARLES VIII IN ITALY
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Code:
# (1494) The Angevin inheritance of Naples
# modified by Bordic
# (previously, The Inheritance of Anjou)
event = {
id = 12021
trigger = {
exists = NAP
OR = { event = 239012 # NAP: The persecution of the barons
event = 228025 # MLO: Il Moro sends for Charles VIII
event = 111014 # ARG: The Aragonese Kingdom of Naples
}
}
random = no
country = FRA
name = "EVENTNAME12021" #The Angevin inheritance of Naples
desc = "EVENTHIST3105"
#-#
date = { day = 2 month = September year = 1494 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 2 month = April year = 1498 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME3105A" #Let us claim what is rightfully Ours!
command = { type = casusbelli which = NAP value = 60 }
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PIS value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = ENG value = 50 } #given money
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = BUR value = 25 } #ceded Franche-Comté and Artois
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = 25 } # ceded Roussillon
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 25 } # = =
command = { type = treasury value = -75 } # to England
command = { type = trigger which = 17409 } #SAV: Civil chaos in Savoy
command = { type = trigger which = 12022 } #NAP: Charles VIII presses claims on Naples
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME3105B" #Let us drop our claims for good!
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -50 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
}
}
EVENTNAME12021;The Angevin inheritance of Naples;;;;;;;;;;6534
EVENTHIST3105;Charles VIII, King of France, was a throwback as he still lived lost in a world of chivalry. He clearly had a grand design, probably inspired by the Spanish Reconquista and the rise of the Ottoman Turks, of a crusade versus the infidels and the recapture of Jerusalem, the capital city of Christendom. He based his plan on a nebulous claim through the testament in which Charles IV Duke of Anjou bequeathed Louis XI, his cousin and Charles' father, the inheritance of Naples and the subsequent title of King of Sicily. His ambitions were well known to the Duke of Milan who, convinced to solve his problems with the King of Naples, sent his ambassadors, the Count of Belgioioso and the Count of Caiazzo, to speak to the great lords of the Royal Council of France about the legality of Charles VIII’s claim to the Kingdom of Naples, about the weakness of the Neapolitan armies, and about the glory the conquest of Naples would bring to France. In the meanwhile some Neapolitan exiles in France, amongst them Antonello Sanseverino, who escaped the baronal persecutions in Naples in 1487, assured that the Neapolitan people would have agreed on a French intervention. Most of the great lords of the Royal Council were against an attack on Naples, seeing it as very expensive and very dangerous and argued that Charles VIII was too inexperienced to fight a war and that his advisors were weak and foolish to trust il Moro, known all over Italy for his treachery. But the young Charles VIII, who was carried away by a thirst for glory and a desire to conquer the Kingdom of Naples, paid very little attention to their arguments and heard instead the advice of his own advisors, many of them already corrupted by the money and promises of il Moro's emissaries with the lure of getting land and estates in the Kingdom of Naples and ecclesiastical positions from the Pope. Finally, after several days’ debate, Charles VIII signed a secret agreement with il Moro’s ambassadors, by which it was agreed that Charles VIII would send an army to invade the Kingdom of Naples and Milan would provide men, money and free passage. To have his hands free in Italy, Charles made ruinous pacts with all his neighbours, so they would not interfere. A large sum of money was given to Henry VII of England while the Roussillon was given to Ferdinand King of Aragon and the counties of Artois and Franche Comté were ceded to Maximilian I King of the Romans and regent of Burgundy, thus sacrificing essential territories to the strategic defence of France for his chivalric dream.;;;;;;;;;;7980
Code:
# (1494) Civil War under Charles II#
#By Isaac Brock, modified by Bordic
event = {
id = 17409 #triggered by FRA_12021
random = no
country = SAV
name = "EVENTNAME17409" #Civil chaos in Savoy
desc = "EVENTHIST17409"
#-#
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME7105A" #What can we do?
command = { type = stability value = -3 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 6 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -50 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -2 }
}
}
EVENTHIST17409;After the death of Duke Charles Ier who had made in his whole life all possible efforts to free Savoy of the strong French political interference, the duchy was thrown again into chaos since the successor to the throne of Chambéry, Duke Charles II, was still a minor (he became Duke when he was only 8 months old!) and a planned Charles VIII's military campaign in Italy was rumoured. The Duke's mother, Bianca of Montferrat, had temporarily assumed the regency of the duchy due to her son's under age, but the presence of different factions that sought and received some support from the French King, contributed to the political instability of Savoy as to establish de facto a sort of French protectorate. Being Savoy still an imperial fief, Maximilian I King of the Romans and future Holy Roman Emperor tried to get the Savoyard allegiance in order to drive the French out of Italy. The strategic position of Savoy would put the ducal independence at risk, leaving the country in anarchy until the end of the Italian wars in which Savoy, historically drifted into the French orbit, gained complete independence only in 1559 when the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was signed between France and Spain.;;;;;;;;;;8556
Code:
# (1494) Charles VIII presses claims on Naples
# modified by Bordic
#(previously, Naples' Response to French Aggression)
event = {
id = 12022 #triggered by FRA_12021
random = no
country = NAP
name = "EVENTNAME12022" #Charles VIII presses claims on Naples
desc = "EVENTHIST12022"
#-#
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME12022A" #We will never bow to the French
command = { type = stability value = -2}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = MAN value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAM value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = GEN value = -50 }
command = { type = treasury value = -75 }
command = { type = galleys which = -1 value = 3 }
command = { type = INF which = -1 value = 5000 }
}
action_b = {
name = "ACTIONNAME12022B" #Bow to the French might (End Game)
command = { type = revolt which = 393 } #Napoli
command = { type = revolt which = 394 } #Apulia
command = { type = independence which = MAN }
command = { type = independence which = PAM }
command = { type = independence which = MLO }
command = { type = independence which = PIS }
command = { type = independence which = TOS }
command = { type = independence which = PAP }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = MLO value = 402 } #emilia
command = { type = secedeprovince which = PAP value = 392 } #marche
command = { type = trigger which = 12023 } #FRA: The triumphal entrance in Naples
}
}
# (1495) The triumphal entrance in Naples
# modified by Bordic
# (previously, French Inheritance of Napoli)
event = {
id = 12023 #triggered by NAP12022_B
random = no
country = FRA
name = "EVENTNAME12023" #The triumphal entrance in Naples
desc = "EVENTHIST12022"
#-#
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME12023A" #Bien
command = { type = inherit which = NAP }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
command = { type = ADM which = -1 value = 24 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -2 }
}
}
EVENTNAME12023;The triumphal entrance in Naples;;;;;;;;;;6532
EVENTNAME12022;Charles VIII presses claims on Naples;;;;;;;;;;6533
EVENTHIST12022;The French claim on the throne of Naples was unpopular with many of the Italian states, nevertheless, they were all cowed at first by the fierce conduct of war of the French army and by the powerful artillery Charles VIII had at disposal. However King Ferdinando of Naples sought the diplomatic way, asking Charles VIII for the renewal of the treaties he had previously stipulated with Louis XI and to eventually submit the controversy to the Pope's high decision. As a clear answer to that his ambassadors were just ordered to leave France immediately. Then Ferrante managed to reconcile with Pope Alexander VI and that made Ludovico Sforza so suspicious as to request again an immediate French intervention in the Kingdom of Naples. On 25 January 1494 Ferdinando died and his son Alfonso succeeded to the throne. The first successful Alfonso's political act was the stipulation of an alliance with Piero de' Medici and Pope Alexander VI who, fearing the French himself, legitimated him as the new King of Naples. Once the French King begun the invasion of Naples and without any withstand the Abruzzi preferred to show allegiance to the Charles VIII,
while Alfonso didn't want to face the aggression and abdicated in favour of his son Ferrandino who, instead, arranged for resistance. While the French army did show its fierceness in Italy by slaughtering and pillaging the villages that didn't want to pay hommage in their triumphal march towards Naples, no army seemed to be able to cope with the invaders and instead of opposing the French, deals were made as to avoid battle. Facing with a disbanding army and with a turmoil that broke out in the city of Naples, Ferrandino had no other choice than to flee and let the kingdom to the invaders' mercy. On 22 february 149
5 Charles VIII King of France entered the city of Naples distributing money to the populace who gave a warm welcome to the Valois. As a French diplomat, Philippe de Commynes, wrote in his Memoires, the French King took 4 months and 19 days only to go from Asti to Naples, an ambassador would take just a little less. Since Charles VIII didn't face any enemy army, it was said he had conquered Italy simply with 'wooden spurs' and a 'chalk' used to assign lodgings to his troops.;;;;;;;;;;8812
Code:
# (1494) Florentine Fear
# by Toio and modified by Bordic
event = {
id = 297018
trigger = {
atwar = no
event = 12022 #NAP: Charles VIII presses claims on Naples
event = 17317 #TOS: The Rise of Savonarola
}
random = no
country = TOS
name = "EVENTNAME297018" #Florentine Fear
desc = "EVENTHIST297018"
#-#
date = { day = 17 month = November year = 1494 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 17 month = October year = 1497 }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME297018A" #Charles has agreed
command = { type = DIP which = -1 value = 24 }
command = { type = ADM which = -1 value = 24 }
command = { type = MIL which = -1 value = 24 }
command = { type = revolt which = 401 } #firenze
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 36 value = 2 } #Pisa
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
}
}
EVENTNAME297018;Florentine fear;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST297018;On the approach of the French in 1494, Piero de' Medici, son and successor of Lorenzo, had suffered a loss of nerve and had left the city to negotiate with Charles VIII. He extracted a promise from the French king to respect the freedom of the city, but only in return for handing over some of the most important fortresses protecting Florentine territory. When the news of this arrangement reached the city, it aroused a great wave of anger and resentment. Piero, forgetting the lessons of his ancestors, had already made himself unpopular by his arrogance and his flaunting of his position. The consequence was an uprising that drove out Piero and his rule and restored a more popular government. The new government admitted the French to the city, and some tense negotiations took place, in which the Florentines feared that Charles would try to restore Piero and become their master. The determination of the citizens to resist these demands, by arms if need be, so impressed Charles that he did not press them, but departed leaving the city its freedom. He held on to the fortresses, including Pisa, which had thrown off Florentine rule at the approach of the French. To regain Pisa was a passion with Florence, and the hope of doing so with French help was one reason why Florence made an alliance with France and stuck to it faithfully during the next few years.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME297018A;Charles has agreed;;;;;;;;;;
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# THE ANTI-FRENCH LEAGUE OF VENICE 31 MARCH 1495
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Code:
# (1495) The French King in Naples
# by Bordic
event = {
id = 170040
trigger = { NOT = { exists = NAP }
OR = { owned = { province = 393 data = FRA } #napoli
owned = { province = 394 data = FRA } #apulia
}
}
random = no
country = FRA
name = "EVENTNAME170040" #The French King in Naples
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
date = { day = 22 month = January year = 1495 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 15 month = March year = 1498 }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME170040A" #Appoint a Regent in Naples and return to France
command = { type = vassal which = TOS } #should they be allied too?
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -25 }
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 393 value = 8 } #napoli
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 394 value = 8 } #apulia
}
action_b = {
name = "ACTIONNAME170040B" #Abandon the claim to Naples
command = { type = independence which = NAP }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 25 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 326035 } #VEN: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
}
# (1495) The Anti-French League of Venice
# by Bordic
event = {
id = 326035
trigger = { event = 170040 #FRA The French King in Naples
NOT = { war = { country = MLO country = VEN }
war = { country = PAP country = VEN }
}
}
random = no
country = VEN
name = "EVENTNAME326035" #The Anti-French League of Venice
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
date = { day = 22 month = February year = 1495 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 15 month = March year = 1498 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME326035A" #Send the French away from Italy
command = { type = casusbelli which = FRA value = 36 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = -25 }
command = { type = trigger which = 228026 } #MLO: The Anti-French League of Venice
command = { type = trigger which = 251043 } #PAP: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME326035B" #We cannot stand up to the French Army
command = { type = stability value = -1}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 25 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 179025 } #HAB: The Anti-French League of Venice
command = { type = sleepevent which = 12144 } #ARG: The Anti-French League of Venice
command = { type = sleepevent which = 12143 } #SPA: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
}
# (1495) The Anti-French League of Venice
# by Bordic
event = { #triggered by VEN_326035 A
id = 228026
random = no
country = MLO
name = "EVENTNAME326035" The Anti-French League of Venice
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME228026A" #We shall withstand the Orléanist claims
command = { type = casusbelli which = FRA value = 36 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = -25 }
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME228026B" #We cannot betray the French Ally
command = { type = stability value = -1}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME228025C" #We will support our French Ally
command = { type = stability value = -2}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 75 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -75 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -75 }
}
}
# (1495) The Anti-French League of Venice
# by Bordic
event = { #triggered by VEN_326035 A
id = 251043
random = no
country = PAP
name = "EVENTNAME326035" #The Anti-French League of Venice
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME251043A" #Support the Anti-French coalition
command = { type = casusbelli which = FRA value = 36 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = -25 }
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME251043B" #Recognize Charles VIII as King of Naples
command = { type = stability value = -1}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -25 }
}
}
# (1495) The Anti-French League of Venice
# modified by Bordic
# previously, Anti-French Coalition (Aragon Event)
event = {
id = 12144
trigger = { NOT = { war = { country = ARG country = VEN }
war = { country = ARG country = HAB }
}
event = 326035 #VEN: The Anti-French League of Venice
NOT = { event = 12143 } #SPA: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
random = no
country = ARG
name = "EVENTNAME326035" #The Anti-French League of Venice
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
date = { day = 25 month = March year = 1495 }
offset = 20
deathdate = { day = 25 month = March year = 1498 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME12143A" #Protect our dynasty from French interference
command = { type = casusbelli which = FRA value = 36 }
command = { type = alliance which = HAB }
command = { type = alliance which = VEN }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME12143B" #We cannot stand up to the French
command = { type = stability value = -1}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 179025 } #HAB: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
}
# (1495) The Anti-French League of Venice
# modified by Bordic
# previously, Anti-French Coalition (Spanish Event)
event = {
id = 12143
trigger = { NOT = { war = { country = SPA country = VEN }
war = { country = SPA country = HAB }
}
NOT = { exists = ARG }
event = 326035 #VEN: The Anti-French League of Venice
NOT = { event = 12144 } #ARG: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
random = no
country = SPA
name = "EVENTNAME326035" #The Anti-French League of Venice
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
date = { day = 25 month = March year = 1495 }
offset = 20
deathdate = { day = 25 month = March year = 1498 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME12143A" #Protect our dynasty from French interference
command = { type = casusbelli which = FRA value = 36 }
command = { type = alliance which = HAB }
command = { type = alliance which = VEN }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 100 }
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME12143B" #We cannot stand up to the French
command = { type = stability value = -1}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 179025 } #HAB: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
}
# (1495) The Anti-French League of Venice
event = {
id = 179025
trigger = { OR = { event = 12144 #ARG: The Anti-French League of Venice
event = 12143 #SPA: The Anti-French League of Venice
}
NOT = { war = { country = HAB country = VEN }
war = { country = HAB country = MLO }
}
}
random = no
country = HAB
name = "EVENTNAME326035" #The Anti-French League of Venice
desc = "EVENTHIST170040"
#-#
date = { day = 25 month = March year = 1495 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 25 month = March year = 1498 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME17024A" #Express Support
command = { type = casusbelli which = FRA value = 36 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
}
action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME17024B" #Stay neutral
command = { type = stability value = -1}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
}
action_c ={
name = "ACTIONNAME17024C" #Express Hostility
command = { type = stability value = -2}
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
}
}
EVENTNAME170040;The French King in Naples;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTNAME326035;The Anti-French League of Venice;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST170040;The easy way with which Charles VIII of France conquered the Kingdom of Naples scared the Italian princes, who in a way or in another had permitted the French King to reach his target undisturbed. Venice and Florence were worried about a French hegemony in the peninsula since the French military presence wasn't limited to Southern Italy but also to some villages in strategic positions in Tuscany and Papal States, that surrendered to Charles VIII in his march towards Naples and were very important to the French military supply line. The Pope too, who previously granted the French King military access through the Papal territories and his stay in Rome, felt in jeopardy as to refuse Charles VIII being proclaimed King of Naples and King Ferdinand of Aragon didn't accept the French presence in a kingdom where he instead, in spite of Alfons V's testament which assigned it to the other Trastamara branch, could be the one to have claims. The Duke of Milan, who decisively affected Charles VIII's decision to invade in Italy, was now alarmed by the presence of French reserve troops deployed in the county of Asti, very close to Milan and at the order of the Duke of Orléans, who could easily press his claims to the Milanese throne. Venice, Milan, the Pope, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, so firmly opposed to the French expansionism as to join any Anti-French alliance available, formed consequently an Anti-French league in Venice on 31 March 1495. Florence preferred to stay out due to her internal problems caused by Charles VIII' invasion and supported France instead. Having heard about those arrengements and fearing that the confederates would cut his army off the supply line from France, Charles VIII decided to come back to France for reinforcements and left a regent in Naples. He had to move his army quickly through the Appennines as to reach the Alps and then safety, but the presence of heavy artilleries and carriages, transporting the big loot accumulated throughout Italy, slowed his march down. In the Po valley, near Fornovo on the Taro river, he was intercepted by the confederates who blocked the passage to the Alps. For the first time, since he invaded Italy, Charles VIII eventually faced an enemy army and in spite of losing all the carriages in the battle which resulted in a stalemate, Charles VIII managed to reach his Kingdom unharmed.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME170040B;Abandon the claim to Naples;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME170040A;Put a regent in Naples and return to France;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME326035B;We cannot stand up to the French Army;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME326035A;Send the French away from Italy;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME228026C;We will support our French Ally;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME228026B;We cannot betray the French Ally;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME228026A;We shall withstand the Orléanist claims;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME251043B;Recognize Charles VIII as King of Naples;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME251043A;Support the Anti-French coalition;;;;;;;;;;
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# ARG12144 and SPA12143 are to be modified as shown above...
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