On 1196, Richard I, King of England requested the annulment and the release of the Princess’ Berengaria’s obligation to marry Berengaria of Castile due to the protests of Eleanor of Aquitaine who did not want a Hohenstaufen ruling Castile, Richard I offered Eleanor of Brittany as her replacement, the marriage was accepted and Eleanor of Brittany was left in Swabia to marry the German Prince, the prince had recently narrowly avoided his death.
Princess Berengaria of Castile is married to Peter of Aragon in the earlier part of 1197 as suggested by Eleanor of Aquitaine and instead in exchange for her claims to the Counties of Provence and Toulouse, Richeza is the one married to Alfonso of Leon, who is divorced due to consanguinity and affinity due to being related to Geoffrey of Perche but their children are legitimate, compared to Berengaria she lacks the issues that Berengaria has and they are few years apart.
The arrangement of the two marriages they said would be in the benefit of the Plantagenets, especially the Eleanor of Brittany marriage because since Eleanor of Brittany married Conrad and Conrad was crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor with his wife Eleanor of Brittany, the Welfs have been silenced till the death of her first husband in 1208, she is the ancestor of the German and the Polish nobility due to her marriage as well as the Italian nobility in her second marriage, the union between Emperor, the two only produced four daughters until her first husband died due to crusade, she remarried to Azzo VI of Este as suggested by her Welf cousins, he was the love of her life.
1a)Agnes of Hohenstaufen 1197
2a)Eleanor of Hohenstaufen 1200
3a)Marie of Hohenstaufen 1203
4a)Alix of Hohenstaufen 1206
5b)Ferdinando of Este(Ferdinand Welf) of Ferrara 1209
6b)Alfonso of Ferrara(Alphonse Welf) 1210
7b)Isabella of Ferrara(Elisabeth Welf) 1212
8b)Constanza of Ferrara(Constance) 1215
In the side of the Aragonese they would use the marriage with Berengaria against the French and the Tolsans..
Berengaria of Castile m. Peter of Aragon
Eleanor of Aragon b. 1199
Ferdinand of Aragon b. 1201
Berengaria of Aragon b. 1204
Isabella of Aragon b. 1205
Alix of Aragon b. 1210
Richard of Aragon b. 1212
Countering the marriage between Ingeborg and Philippe by marrying his presumptive heir to Richeza of Denmark, the marriage arrangement was made soon in 1198, however it was cancelled.
to be continued...