Faeelin
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OK, question for you guys.
Essentially, Henry VI lives longer, and his army in the holy land doesn't dissolve. His army defeats the proto-abuiyids in the holy land, and retake jerusalem.
Henry himself marries the Queen of Jerusalem when his wife dies in 1198, but Frederick II is kept free. In 1200, he and Isabella (the queen) have a kid, who is named Constantine.
Henry also wanted to conquer Constantinople; and he was pretty damned serious. The Byzantines paid tribute to him.
Phillip, Henry's brother, still marries Irene, daughter of Isaac. Isaac, rumors say, promised to make the couples his heirs.
So it's 1201. The ruler of Sicily, Jerusalem, overlord of Cilicia and Cyprus, and the king of Germany, comes bearing down upon constantinople with the emperor isaac's heirs in tow.
1) Can he succeed?
2) Byzantium probably won't be feudalized, judging by henry's reign in sicily. If a stronger initial push knocks out all the remaining states but trebizond, the set up is this:
Frederick II: Emperor of Germany.
Constantine: King of Jerusalem and Sicily.
Phillip of Swabia: "king of the greeks"-vassal of Frederick II.
Assume that around 1210, constantine manages to reunite the kingdom with byzantium. How stable is that state?
Essentially, Henry VI lives longer, and his army in the holy land doesn't dissolve. His army defeats the proto-abuiyids in the holy land, and retake jerusalem.
Henry himself marries the Queen of Jerusalem when his wife dies in 1198, but Frederick II is kept free. In 1200, he and Isabella (the queen) have a kid, who is named Constantine.
Henry also wanted to conquer Constantinople; and he was pretty damned serious. The Byzantines paid tribute to him.
Phillip, Henry's brother, still marries Irene, daughter of Isaac. Isaac, rumors say, promised to make the couples his heirs.
So it's 1201. The ruler of Sicily, Jerusalem, overlord of Cilicia and Cyprus, and the king of Germany, comes bearing down upon constantinople with the emperor isaac's heirs in tow.
1) Can he succeed?
2) Byzantium probably won't be feudalized, judging by henry's reign in sicily. If a stronger initial push knocks out all the remaining states but trebizond, the set up is this:
Frederick II: Emperor of Germany.
Constantine: King of Jerusalem and Sicily.
Phillip of Swabia: "king of the greeks"-vassal of Frederick II.
Assume that around 1210, constantine manages to reunite the kingdom with byzantium. How stable is that state?