AHC Henry II's Sons

So, there has been talk about Henry II of England's sons lately and that made me want to fire up my imagination.

Try to get them to have these fates:

Henry the Young King becomes... well King. He holds Anjou, Normandy, and England. Nothing is spectacular about his reign. He goes Crusading, but returns to Normandy early. It is successful, the finances are in good shape despite a problem with Richard (see next paragraph), and he courts Navarre and the Holy Roman Empire, while having some troubles with his liege, Philippe. The Norman lands repulse three Capet incursions and even make a profit off of them by ransoming many captives. He dies after a long reign but it took him many years to sire an only son, who inherits the throne at the age of... I don't know enough for 3 years of regency

Richard holds Aquitaine. He has an nice Crusading career, and even goes into Egypt (you can decide weather or not the gains are consolidate or they have to simply grab loot and retreat to base) after his bother is like "no, we got Jerusalem, that's enough I'm going home brother." Richard realizes Aquitaine isn't enough to pay for all his Crusading expenses so he... asks big brother Henry to give him $$$, and he always manages to use England as a piggy bank like OTL Henry I or... Richard. He helped his bother defend against one incursion into Normandy by the Capets.

Geoffrey... I don't know. Keeps Brittany and during his reign Breton becomes more popular (Breton and French dialects are spoken in Brittany).

John is given a county in Normandy and "Ireland" (which they don't even hold!). He is responsible for organizing a Norman proto-navy in case pirates someday come, or if they need a navy for some reason (right now, both sides of the Channel are under Henry III's control, so trade from one side to the other doesn't need guarding). He personally helps defend a castle that repulsed a Capetian direct attack. Famous for convincing Henry III to be lienient to Jews, a black mark on an otherwise pious reputation. He is invited to the French King's court and dies of food poisoning, childless.

Someone in the Plantagenet family should marry Sancho the Strong of Navarre.

POD is 3 years before OTL Henry the young King dies. Henry II should die on schedule (if not from OTL disease, than a different disease or maybe on the battlefield, just make it the same year)
 
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