AH Challenge: Norman Superstate

Your challenge, should you chose to accept it, is to have one person have all of these titles:
Duke (Duchess) of Normandy
Duke (Duchess) of Aquitaine
Count(ess) of Anjou
King (Queen) of England
King (Queen) of Sicily
Prince(ss) of Antioch
and to have them actually mean something, with de-facto power. Basically, all the lands ever ruled by a Norman ruled by a single person.
 

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Have you read this one? I don't know if it covers all of your requirements (been a while since I read it), but it should get close.
 
Such a thing is nigh on impossible. Especially in Medieval times. However, one could allow for the expansion of bothe the Kingdom of Sicily and the Angevin Empire.

Sicily's military contributions to the Crusader states would have been one mighty godsend, if Baldwin I of Jerusalem was able to completely get shot of the Armenian Princess Arda before he married Adelaide del Vasto, the mother of Roger II. Roger ruled and affluent and centralized state, and commanded a powerful navy. Even attempts to capture territory in North Africa were undertaken. As both Adelaide and Baldwin would have been too old to have any children together, then Roger of Sicily could have been Baldwin's legitimate heir, had the marriage been a more successful one. In this scenario, Roger would have had more of a reason to ship soldiers to assist the Crusader allies, and even assert something approaching a clear hierarchy of control among them, if only to cease their infighting. He could even use his relation with Prince Bohemond I to present himself as an alternative to Byzantine vassalage.

While the Angevin Empire was really a federation of autonomous realms that were ruled by the same family, and the Plantegenets had maternal links with William of Normandy through Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, the wife of Geoffrey V Count of Anjou, and mother of Henry II, they represented the height of Anglo-Norman territorial power. With the combined possession of England, Normandy, Brittany, Gascony, Anjou, Maine, Nantes, and Aquitaine (through Henry II's wife Eleanor), they held more land than the Capetian Kings of France, their feudal overlords. Imagine a united royal federation stretching over the British Isles, France, and the Low Countries!
 
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How about some basic Richard I wank?

He is already ruler of England, Normandy, Aquitaine, and Anjou upon his ascension.

On his way to the Holy Land, his intervention in Sicily goes about the same and his nephew Arthur is bethrothed to one of Tancred of Sicily's daughters.

He is generally more successful during the Third Crusade, which convinces the Principality of Antioch to come in on his side. Unfortunately, they are overrun by Muslim forces. Richard recaptures the principality and designates Arthur as the prince, keeping Arthur and his mother Constance on side instead of flirting with the French.

This means war with France is less likely, so Richard doesn't get shot and lives longer. Meanwhile, Tancred's other heirs die or are butterflied away meaning that Arthur's wife is also heir to the Kingdom of Sicily.

When Richard does die and is inherited by Arthur, King Arthur has all the titles mentioned either himself, as vassals, or through his wife.

(Edit: Impossible to maintain such a sprawling realm in the time period of course.)
 
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Actually, Roger almost managed to snap up Antioch when Bohemond was killed, and tried to prevent his replacement, Raymond of Poiters, from claiming his throne. Had he not been able to slip through Roger's security, he may well have added Antioch to his dominions, which puts us one step closer to the goal.
 
Actually, Roger almost managed to snap up Antioch when Bohemond was killed, and tried to prevent his replacement, Raymond of Poiters, from claiming his throne. Had he not been able to slip through Roger's security, he may well have added Antioch to his dominions, which puts us one step closer to the goal.

Had Baldwin I managed to have his Armenian wife Arda killed instead of sending her to a convent, this would have raised the likelyhood of the 22 year old Count Roger to inherit the crown of Jerusalem in 1117. Nineteen years before Raymond of Poitiers could seize power in Antioch in 1136. Baldwin of Bourcq, the OTL cousin and successor of Baldwin I, would remain as Count of Edessa (which he also inherited from Baldwin of Boulogne). Roger of Salerno, the Regent of Antioch in 1112-19, was a great-nephew of Robert Guiscard and Roger I, so he might be naturally inclined to ally himself with Roger II.

Roger II inherited the Apostolic Legateship of Sicily from his father, so he could as a King of Jerusalem and a regent of Antioch, be in a position to influence the appointments of the Latin Patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch.
 
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