As early as two years ago, Marin gave Cork, an important port in southern Ireland to Edward, so that Edward and his 5,000 troops would have a place to live, so that Louis XII would not be used as cannon fodder and attack Calais.

With the secret help of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce under Marin, Earl Edward quietly moved to Cork, Ireland with 5,000 troops.

Louis XII was very annoyed by Edward's departure, but he was busy going to Italy to fight for hegemony and had no time to pay attention to Edward.

Moreover, Edward explained that he wanted to establish a logistics base in Cork as the rear of the attack on Britain. Although Louis XII was dissatisfied, he felt that Earl Edward, as the only male heir of the York family and the only competitor to the throne, still needed support. Therefore, Louis XII later chose to provide a certain amount of money and food so that Edward could afford 5,000 troops.

As for King James IV of Scotland, he was very welcome to Earl Edward's transfer to Ireland. Therefore, the Kingdom of Scotland's support for Earl Edward is no less than that of France.

After arriving at Cork, Edward and his army caused panic among Morris Fitzgerald, the Count of Desmondberg, on the side of Cork.

You should know that as a major force on the Irish island, Desmondberg had only three or four thousand soldiers. So, while Earl Edward had not yet established a foothold, Desmondberg launched an attack. However, Earl Edward's military strength was not weak, and with the strong City of Cork as a support, he defended the city and even connected the army.

Later, Morris Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond, could not afford to take Earl Edward's army, so he changed to alliance and win over.

Edward happened to have a firm foothold and needs the support of his allies. So the two sides got together...

Later, in early 1502, Morris Fitzgerald used the army of Earl Edward to form a huge coalition of up to 7,000 people, conquered the Kingdom of Munster southwest of the Kingdom of Desmond, and destroyed the McCarthy family, a descendant of the royal descendant of England invaded the former Kingdom of Munster.

The Desmond region in the southwest of Ireland, that is, the southwest of the Munster Kingdom, has been divided into two parts since the establishment of the Desmond Kingdom. Part of it was the Desmond Kingdom established by the invading English nobles, occupying most of the areas. However, in part of the southwesternest end of the Ireland Islands, it has been occupied by the Desmond Kingdom established by the descendants of the Munster Kingdom. The Desmond Kingdom attacked many times, but was stubbornly blocked by the McCarthy royal family.

But this time, after winning over the army brought by Earl Edward, the Kingdom of Desmondb finally came down and destroyed the country established by the indigenous Irish people.

Later, the two families divided the Kingdom of Desmond, and the Kingdom of Desmond obtained most of the northern territory. Earl Edward obtained a small part of the coastal area.

Although Earl Edward was a little dissatisfied with this, he temporarily endured it because it was the home court of Desmondberg. After all, his enemy was Henry VII, not Morris Fitzgerald. If possible, Edward wanted to win over the opponent.

The current Ireland Island can be said to be divided into pieces. Although Britain invaded Ireland, it was still too uncontrollable because it could not control the local area and had very little control over Ireland Island.

Britain really wanted to control the Ireland Island, and it was not until the reign of the Stuart Monarch James I that it sent a large army in 1609 to completely conquer the entire Ireland Island.

At present, the distribution of forces on the Ireland is very complex. In addition to the British king's direct territory formed by Dublin and nearby areas, there are three major nephews on the Ireland - Earldom of Kildare, Earldom of Ormond and Earldom of Desmond. These three nephews were the first Norman nobles who were enfeoffed for their military achievements during the Norman invasion.

Later, because England did not attach importance to Ireland for a long time, these three Nether countries were actually very independent and independent. Their situation was somewhat like the German vassal states, with higher autonomy.

Later, the British rule over Ireland was jointly managed by the earls of these three neighbours for a long time, and were responsible for extorting "tributes" from other local strengths on the Ireland Islands and dedicated to the British King. Even the territory directly under the British King, including Dublin, was managed by the three major counts for a long time. The British King was only responsible for collecting territorial taxes, and was still delegated to the three major counts.

It can be said that the real manager on the Irish Island is these three Counts...

However, since Henry VII established the Tudor dynasty in 1485, it changed the practice of the three major Counts jointly managing Ireland, and changed it to appointing the Earl of Kildale as the governor of the Ireland Islands. Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildale, was in charge of the Ireland Islands alone.

This aroused strong dissatisfaction among the two traditional tyrants, Desmondberg and Ormondberg, because their power was gone...

Therefore, when the fake Richard Perkin Warbeck occupied Cork City and used it as a base to oppose Henry VII, Morris Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond, supported the fake Richard to overthrow Henry VII. Of course, the fake Richard failed in the end and was chopped up his head. But the alienation between Morris Fitzgerald and the Tudor dynasty became a fact. Of course, because Ireland was too remote at the time, Cork City was long declared a free trade city by the British royal family and was no longer under the jurisdiction of Desmondbor. Therefore, Henry VII was not very clear about the problem of Morris Fitzgerald. Or, even if you understand, there was no evidence to prove that Morris Fitzgerald supported the fake Richard. Because Cork City did not belong to the Desmondbor...

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Speaking of which, Desmondberg and Kildaleb are still from the same family - the Fitzgerald family. However, from the Norman conquest to the present, it has been hundreds of years. The family affection before has long disappeared. Because of jealousy that Count Kildale was able to monopolize the power, Desmondberg and Kildaleb are already hostile to each other.

However, although Earl of Ormond Thomas Butler, although dissatisfied with the snatch of power, did not have the same intention as Morris Fitzgerald. However, it is unlikely to expect Ormond to continue to be loyal to the Kingdom of Ormond. At least, Henry VII, who would not have deprived the snatch of Count Ormond.

Of course, in addition to the three major nemesis countries, there are two nemesis countries on the island of Ireland that were canonized by the British king - Wexfordneck on the southeast coast of Ireland and Ulsterb on the northeast coast of Ireland. However, both nemesis countries are relatively small and have no say in politics.

In addition, most areas of the Ireland Islands are controlled by various countries established by local strength. For example, the Kingdom of Desmond, which was previously jointly eliminated by the Kingdom of Desmond and Edward, was a small regime established by descendants of the royal family of the Ireland Kingdom of Munster before the Norman invasion. Most of the northern and western regions of Ireland were still under the control of small local forces. Although they were divided, once the English wanted to expand, those local forces would still unite to resist.
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