Eleanor, mother of the French and English Kings

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Prior their embarkment to the Crusade, Eleanor of Aquitaine would turn out to be pregnant and would give birth to twins named Alix and Philippe on 1147 which would delay it and the two were later embark on 1148 to the crusade and on their return on 1149, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII would again reclaim Toulouse and the Margraviate of Provence from Alfonso Jordan of Toulouse on 1150 forcing him to return to Tripoli and his children would die with him in the voyage and Louis VII would have the unhappy marriage of Ermessende of Narbonne be dissolved in favor of her marry somebody else.

On 1150, Ermessende of Narbonne would marry Rognvald, the man that she had already loved, On 1151, the two would marry.

On 1151, Louis VII would die which would mean a regency for her son, Eleanor would marry the Duke of Normandy, Henry whose father married to the heiress of England who needed her own resources to reconquer England, the marriage meant that Eleanor would lose her access to her children in the first marriage but she decided to go to Aquitaine and tie the knot and focus her administration there.

 

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On 1152, Eleanor and Henry of Anjou would invade England and defeat Stephen of England forcing him to recognize him as his own successor, Henry of Anjou would now be the King of England and the husband of the Duchess of Aquitaine and has the resources of Aquitaine but none of their issue would inherit that resource.

Eleanor of Aquitaine would visit the French court to see her children and the new King of France, her son, Philippe II and entrusted her son to her sister Alix or Petronilla and her husband and Eleanor was already confident that things would be fine for her son and focused on her administration of Aquitaine and Toulouse as well as being the consort of England in the future in 1154 after the death of King Stephen.
Eleanor of Aquitaine would later have her own son, Philippe reign as co-ruler of Aquitaine and Toulouse on his majority.

Note:
In this timeline, Southern France is stable and the Northern half is more fragmented.

 

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[Jonathan1997]

This looks very interesting I would how the relationship between let's call the future king of England William iii and his older half-brother Philip II would develop. One of the many reasons for the hundreds years war was that Kings can not be vassals to other kings kings. Also a fun point OTL Henry ii styled himself as king of the English, Lord of the aquitanian and Normans and Angevins. I can see the English crown which is in fact Franch being a lot Stronger in Northern France and Brittany which Henry ii who defeated them and forced there Duke not to have sons that way his third son Jeffrey gets the duchy

 

[kasumigenx]

On 1152, after the marriage of Eleanor and Henry, Eleanor would pick eligible matches to marry her daughters from her first wedding, especially for her son, Louis and her two daughters Alix and Marie, it is decided that Marie would marry Ferdinand II of Leon and Alix would marry Malcolm III of Scotland.

Marie would marry Ferdinand II of Leon on 1160 and Alix would marry Malcolm III of Scotland, a groom would be picked for Constance, the widow of Eustace of Boulogne, and it was Humbert III of Savoy on 1154 which would stabilize the borders for her son, Philippe II in the future.

Eleanor would promote both the Troubador poetry and Court love in both the courts of France and England.

Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine would have the following children when they settled down

Matilda b. 1155

Eleanor b. 1156

William b. 1157

Geoffroy b. 1158

Agnes b. 1160

Joanna b. 1165

John b. 1166

 

[Jonathan1997]

Henry in OTL was planing to split his land with his sons Richard gets Normandy and England, John gets the Aquitaine and Jeffrey gets Brittany don not know about the Anjou and Maine. The other theories was that King Henry wanted his sons to be in an Alliance over the Plantagenets lands. The proplem for OTL Henry was that his son Richard card more about Aquitaine than he did the English crown and the Plantagenets northern lands which lead to war with his father. The other reasons for Henry ii downfall was that he did not give his sons any real power and his son Henry the Young king did try to kill him in battle. I would add that Henry Ii was very right that none of his sons could keep his lands to together. I would also Henry has two younger brothers Jeffrey and William both died in there 20s.

 

[kasumigenx]

Henry in OTL was planing to split his land with his sons Richard gets Normandy and England, John gets the Aquitaine and Jeffrey gets Brittany don not know about the Anjou and Maine. The other theories was that King Henry wanted his sons to be in an Alliance over the Plantagenets lands. The proplem for OTL Henry was that his son Richard card more about Aquitaine than he did the English crown and the Plantagenets northern lands which lead to war with his father. The other reasons for Henry ii downfall was that he did not give his sons any real power and his son Henry the Young king did try to kill him in battle. I would add that Henry Ii was very right that none of his sons could keep his lands to together. I would also Henry has two younger brothers Jeffrey and William both died in there 20s.

In this timeline, only Philippe II and John are the ones who have male issues, among the son of Eleanor, I plan for William to be childless and marry Berengaria and Geoffroy has a daughter like IOTL.

 

[Jonathan1997]

In this timeline, only Philippe II and John are the ones who have male issues, among the son of Eleanor, I plan for William to be childless and marry Berengaria and Geoffroy has a daughter like IOTL.

Are you going for William to live a long time and become king or have John inherit the crown. Alternative William become king let's say he could due any time between 35 and 69 years old leaving the crown to John. Also will this be a very different John to OTL being a younger son he is most likely to travel and see his brother Philip II in Paries. The only real Friends a king or prince can have is other kings and Princes.

 

[kasumigenx]

Are you going for William to live a long time and become king or have John inherit the crown. Alternative William become king let's say he could due any time between 35 and 69 years old leaving the crown to John. Also will this be a very different John to OTL being a younger son he is most likely to travel and see his brother Philip II in Paries. The only real Friends a king or prince can have is other kings and Princes.

William is similar to IOTL Richard, he dies in 1199.

 

[Jonathan1997]

William is similar to IOTL Richard, he dies in 1199.

That a very clean succession than with know other rivals to John's claims to the English crown and Angevins land in mainland Europe. With know Louis Vii Henry ii will have a much more peaceful rule and William iii and his brother king Philip II would have conquered the holy land.

 

[kasumigenx]

That a very clean succession than with know other rivals to John's claims to the English crown and Angevins land in mainland Europe. With know Louis Vii Henry ii will have a much more peaceful rule and William iii and his brother king Philip II would have conquered the holy land.

However, the Kingdom of Jerusalem has claims to England here.

 

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On summer of 1150, Petronilla I of Aragon ratified her betrothal and married Raymond Berenguer IV of Barcelona, the marriage would produce, Peter(1152-1157), Agnes of Aragon(1153), Alfonso II of Aragon(1157-96), Peter(1158-81), Douce, and Sancho(1161-1223).

Eleanor of Aquitaine would negotiate a betrothal her son, Philippe II with Agnes of Aragon who would be fetched by Eleanor herself on later 1168, to meet up her son, her dowry would be the counties of Gevaudan and Millau which are inside the County of Toulouse itself as well as the recognition of the Aragonese fiefs in Gascony which are Bearn and Commingues.