 Furthermore, Count John IV of Armagnac (one of Charles VII's more rebellious nobles) had been negotiating his daughter's marriage to the king of England himself, which would have strengthened the English position in Gascony, and helped to sway other French nobles to the English side.While Gascony stood on the sidelines, the English captain Thomas Rempston, at this point the main English figure in southwestern France, hoped to exploit the diplomatic advantage and took the time to try to extend the truce to the entirety of Guyenne.He engaged in negotiations with other nearby hostile French nobles.