The Treaty of Alton, which ended the 1101 invasion crisis, was negotiated at Alton in Hampshire between the armies of Henry I and Robert Curthose. The two brothers met near the town, and mediation by English and Norman barons produced the agreement that ended the immediate threat of civil war. Alton thus became the site of a crucial diplomatic settlement that secured Henry's reign.
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