Arthur - King of England and Duke of Brittany

Arthur - King of England and Duke of Brittany

I reset the timeline, since there was some problems in the previous scenario..and I like an Anglo-Aragonese alliance..

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Prologue Part I
Berengaria of Castille’s first engagement was agreed in 1187 when her hand was sought by Conrad, Duke of Rothenburg and fifth child of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. The next year, the marriage contract was signed in Seligenstadt, including a dowry of 42000 Maravedi. Conrad then marched to Castile, where in Carrion the engagement was celebrated and Conrad was knighted. Berengaria's status as heir of Castile when she inherited the throne was based in part on documentation in the treaty and marriage contract, which specified that she would inherit the kingdom after her father or any childless brothers who may come along. Conrad would only be allowed to co-rule as her spouse, and Castile would not become part of the Empire. The treaty also documented traditional rights and obligations between the future sovereign and the nobility, due to the threat of encirclement, Eleanor of Brittany was offered as the replacement bride for Berengaria of Castile for Conrad.

In 1190, after Richard failed to marry his younger sister Joan to Al-Adil I, brother of Saladin, he proposed that Matilda of Brittany should be the bride instead, but the negotiation was also in vain, as Al-Adil showed no interest in Christianity

The marriage was not consummated, due to Berengaria's young age, as she was less than 10 years old. By 1191, Berengaria requested an annulment of the engagement from the Pope, influenced, no doubt, by third parties such as her grandmother Eleanor of Aquitaine who had no interest in having her fiefs having a border with Hohenstauffens.

On 1193 Henry VI , the Holy Roman Emperor forced Richard the Lionhearted to turn over his niece, Berengaria to Conrad because the two were already married and engaged as a condition for his release, Berengaria was turned over to Conrad of Swabia, there were other grooms for Berengaria, however, Eleanor of Brittany and Urraca of Castille became the prospective brides of those suitors that Berengaria had which were the Kings of Aragon and Leon.

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The Aragonese domains south of France

On the latter part of 1195, an alliance between Aragon and England was signed and Eleanor of Brittany was betrothed to Peter II of Aragon and Matilda of Brittany is betrothed to Louis the son of Philippe Auguste, Eleanor and Matilda were never considered as the successors to Brittany and England by her parents and her uncles.

Arthur of Brittany would last see his sister, Eleanor on Nantes with their grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine , it will take years before they meet again, but he still has his other sister, Matilda of Brittany who is still unmarried.

Eleanor of Aquitaine escorted her namesake grand daughter from Brittany to Poiters to Bordeaux and to Bearn and to Aran valley and Comingues wherein she is handed to her Aragonese escorts.

On 1196, Eleanor of Brittany is married to Peter II of Aragon in Barcelona as soon as she arrived, the marriages would strengthen the alliances of England in the south of Gaul.

In the marriage between Eleanor of Brittany, the Fair maid of Brittany to Peter II of Aragon was the final step in the Anglo-Aragonese Alliance against the France-German axis, the marriage would mean that Aragon would support England in its wars against France and England would support Aragon its wars against Toulouse, France and the Holy Roman Empire regarding Provence and Miguelil, the marriage meant that the King of Aragon would have succession rights to Toulouse as Eleanor of Brittany’s ancestor was Philippa of Toulouse.

In this point in time, Arthur of Brittany is in the court of Philippe Auguste with his son, Louis and Richard the Lionhearted fetched him from the court of Philippe Auguste because Richard felt less trusting of Philippe.

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Prolouge Part III

The marriage negotiations between Richard I of England and Philippe Auguste regarding the marriage of Matilda of Brittany were stopped for the moment due to the conflicting interests of the two parties.

On 1199, Constance of Brittany and Berengaria of England are both pregnant and in this time, Urraca of Castile is married to the King of Leon whose marriage was annulled due to them being related in forbidden degrees.

Constance of Brittany gives birth to a daughter and a son, the birth of a son would make Eleanor, Queen of Aragon and Princess Matilda further in line in the succession of the duchy of Brittany and another daughter that can be married off.

The twins were named Conan and Constance, Arthur of Brittany was present at the birth of his own siblings, he was happy that his two sisters would have less problems on their shoulders since they are not the primary heir to Brittany but of England but their husbands would not even be likely to defend their rights as the Kings and Queens of Portugal, that was in the thoughts of Prince Arthur of Brittany when he saw his new siblings.

The two children were named Conan and Constance respectively, in the same time, a bad news struck Arthur and it is that his uncle Richard supports John as the heir instead of him due to him still being a child and also that Berengaria, his queen is pregnant and expecting another child, the fact that likely not gain anything frightened him to death.

King Richard met an accident and died on the latter part of 1999 and a few months after Berengaria went to labor and regents waited if she will give birth to a boy or girl.

Near the end of 1999, Berengaria gave birth to a healthy girl in Anjou, she named the daughter, Berengaria, she would be the heiress to .

The Barons in England decided that the person that would rule in England would be John but in the Continental lands, it would be Arthur of Brittany and in Aquitaine it would be Berengaria, the Daughter of Richard the Lionhearted.

The news made Arthur of Brittany very sad, but he is a child but cannot do anything, Duchess Constance of Brittany advised him to continue the alliance with France and marry Matilda of Brittany to Louis the son of Philippe Auguste.

The Story is published in Wattpad..

https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/56122758-saga-of-arthur-of-brittany


I changed everything because I wanted to do a more enjoying and slow timeline.

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