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Name: Cautionary Towns (Great Britain)

Type: Polity

Start: 1603 AD

End: 1616 AD

Parent: great britain

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The Cautionary Towns were three strategic Dutch ports which under the 1585 Treaty of Nonsuch were held by English troops as security for assistance provided by Elizabeth I during the Eighty Years' War against Spain.

Establishment


  • March 1603: James VI of Scotland became King of England, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.
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    1. Personal Union of Scotland and England


    In 1603, James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, who had died childless, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.


    Disestablishment


  • January 1617: The Cautionary Towns were sold to the Dutch Republic in 1616.
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