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The challenge is to have a POD for Geoffrey, the Archbishop of York, the eldest bastard of Henry II of England. Specifically during his father's dying days in Chinon when he told Geoffrey that "You are my true son, the others are the bastards." and the POD is when Henry dictated a document disinheriting Richard, John, Geoffrey II, (the Duke of Brittany), of all rights to the English throne and the Duchy of Normandy and all Henry's other titles due to their 'treason and treachery' and gave all the rights to his eldest illegitimate son, Geoffrey.

The witness to the document being the French King.

Now make the reign of Geoffrey I, King of England, Duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine and Count of Anjou.

He can wind up losing the French lands (and might not have any real power for a while), but he has to remain the King of England, have a real reign, and be succeeded by a legitimate heir of his 'loins'. :D
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