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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  French empire, yes,. |
Upon which he had no designs, the possession of which being contrary to his ideology.
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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary and France was never going to let the balance of power switch so favorably to it's rival arguably since Charlemagne died, so France would have been necessary to conquer anyway. Same goes for Britain, eventually, he'd have to force them to capitulate or to invade. |
But, assuming their aquiesance, which nearly occured in the case of Britain he would have had no need to attack. He may very well have taken out France just because he could, but in regards to Britain it would seem that he genuinely desired peace, not a peace of equals but peace nonetheless.