Filha de Leon - Queen of France and Navarre, daughter of the Richard the Lionhearted

Filha de Leon - Queen of France and Navarre, daughter of the Richard the Lionhearted, Queen of France, Navarre, Duchess of Aquitaine and Duchess of Provence


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Filha de Leon
On 1192, Berengaria of Navarre, the Queen of England gives birth to a daughter named Berengaria, the fate of the two Kingdoms of France and England would rest upon her, her cousin, Eleanor are also the possible heiresses to the Angevin inheritance, she is the heiress of Richard the Lionhearted to his domains which are Aquitaine, Gascony and Poitou but she will not inherit England, Anjou and Normandy - it would be inherited either by her cousin, Arthur or John Lackland..

On 1195, the more or less three year old Infanta Berengaria is married to the eight year old Louis of France, the son of Philippe Auguste in order seal peace between England and France, she would be the heiress to Aquitaine and possible heiress to Navarre and not to England, Anjou and Normandy, the marriage contract stipulated that she would swear off her claims to England but not with the Continental lands of the Angevins.

On 1199, Richard the Lionhearted dies due to an accident proclaims John Lackland as his successor to England, Anjou and Normandy and his daughter, Berengaria as his successor as the heiress to Aquitaine on his death bed, in this time, Infanta Berengaria is mere 7 year old and married to the Crown Prince of France

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Michelle Jenner as the mourning Eleanor of Brittany in the series Battle of Kings


Eleanor, Fairmaid of Brittany, Queen of Denmark, Duchess of Brittany
Since the death of Richard the Lionhearted, Arthur of Brittany wanted an alliance against the alliance between King John and King Philippe Auguste which was already sealed by a marriage between Infanta Berengaria and Louis of France, for him, Marrying his sister to the King of Denmark, who is related to Ingeborg or Isambour of Denmark because Isambour was repudiated by the King of France and marrying Eleanor, Fairmaid of Brittany to a danish prince or the King of Denmark himself, Eleanor of Brittany is the rival and cousin of Infanta Berengaria, on 1200, Eleanor of Brittany is sent to Denmark in order to marry a Danish Prince in order to bolster his claims to England not knowing the possible consequences of the marriage, knowing about this marriage, John would renounce Anjou and Normandy to the royal domain because infanta Berengaria is married to Prince Louis, Eleanor of Brittany is married to Prince Valdemar of Denmark.

On 1202, Eleanor of Aquitaine was attacked by Arthur I, the Duke of Brittany and was captured by her troops while Eleanor of Brittany is in Denmark, who is now married to the Prince of Denmark of Denmark, while in the castle, the Arthur, Duke of Brittany was killed in action while battling King John which was already aided by the troops of Prince Valdemar, after the deaths of their brothers, due to the deaths of their brothers Prince Valdemar is crowned as Valdemar II of Denmark and Eleanor of Brittany is proclaimed the Duchess of Brittany and Queen of Denmark.

Afterwards, Eleanor of Aquitaine retired to Fontravraud and took a veil as a nun and died a month afterwards causing Infanta Berengaria to inherit Poiters, Aquitaine and Gascony and due to the fact that she is the grand daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is also the heiress of Philippa of Toulouse, she is the heiress to Provence and Toulouse but this will wait, they have a lot of fishes to catch and that is the fact that Brittany passed to the Danish King, Philippe Auguste is forced to reconcile with his wife Isambour of Denmark.

note: I am planning Eleanor of Brittany to marry twice...and she will have issues from both her husbands..

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An Engraving of Infanta Berengaria, Duchess of Aquitaine

Berengaria - La Ricardina
On 1205, Berengaria, Princess of France has come of age as her husband, Louis, the Prince of France, she is called in Aquitaine as Berengaria Ricardina, due to the fact that she is the daughter of Richard the Lionhearted, the King of England and Duke of Aquitaine, her mother Berengaria is on the same court and the Dowager Queen of England remains at the french court while Philippe Auguste had just celebrated the birth of a royal son in 1204, named Charles, the son of Isambour of Denmark and Philippe Auguste, Charles was made the Duke of Vexin on his birth while the sister of Philippe, Alais dies her son on 1204, Philippe Plantagenet, the half-uncle of Berengaria was knighted.

Berengaria and Louis came to love each other, Infanta Berengaria was very intelligent, she was knowledgeable of the languages, Occitan, Castillan, Basque and French, she was an asset to her husband, Louis and Berengaria are both the Duke and Duchess of Aquitaine.

While on the other side of the channel, John Lackland was nothing but the Duke of Normandy and King of England and in odds with the King of Denmark and Duke of Brittany, Valdemar II and married to Joan, Countess of Flanders, the King of England who is allied to the King of France is excommunicated due to his inbred child marriage.

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