Field of the Cloth of Gold
![The Field of the Cloth of Gold, oil painting of circa 1545 in the Royal Collection](/Images/godic/202501/13/British_-_Field_of_the_Cloth_of_Gold_-_Google_Art_Project4106.jpg")
![The two young monarchs who met at the Field of the Cloth of Gold: left Francis I of France (1515-1547) (portrait by Jean Clouet, Louvre Museum, Paris); right Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) (portrait after Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)](/Images/godic/202501/13/François_15154106.jpg")
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![Cardinal Wolsey](/Images/godic/202501/13/Cardinal_Wolsey_Christ_Church4106.jpg")
The Field of the Cloth of Gold (French:Camp du Drap d'Or) was a site in Balinghem – between Ardres in France and Guînes in the then-English Pale of Calais – that hosted a meeting from 7 to 24 June 1520, between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France.