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Håkan IV Erickson Stenkil, king of Sweden, telling his mother everything that happened in the crusade months after the peace treaty.
Next chapter will be about the crusader states and their behavior, stay tuned!
Chapter XVII Kingdoms of the Holy Land
Chapter XVII.
Kingdoms of the Holy Land.
"¡My faith is my shield!"
Motto of the Duchy of Syria.
In 1175 the Zengid remnants in Mesopotamia and Mosul suffered poverty, ravaging diseases, mismanagement, corruption and continuous strife between the nobility, the peasants and the Assyrian christian minority, all of this caused a revolt that dethroned and executed the decaying Zengid dynasty, the successor was the leader of the revolt, a Kurd named Yusuf Ayyub, he adopted the name Al-Nāsir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb.
His reforms made the now Sultanate of Mesopotamia a state that at least could sustain itself, he replaced, reduced and improved the burocratic procedures, rationalized the taxation system and suppressed the Assyrian minority by a huge tax and several movement restrictions inside their own region, something that caused a rebellion that was brutally suppressed and forced the Assyrians to emigrate, the majority of this refugees ended in Syria.
In Syria the Plantagenet lord managed to pacify the local Arab population and started to slowly but steady christianize Syria, Henry I knew the importance of gaining the local population to be in their favor, or at least the higher class, so he created a nobility of Franks and christian Arabs, seeking to improve the nation economy he dedicated good part of the royal coffers in trade protection and agricultural production, the latter being far more difficult because the local climatological situation, he also started the construction of several churches and monasteries along his crowning monument, the Damascus University, the biggest in all the Outremer until 1321 when the University of Jerusalem was finally costructed after several delays.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem was the richest and most populated crusader state, Almaric of Jerusalem strived several years with the Fatimids, seeking the dismantlement of the caliphate and the collapse of the last threat to the crusader states, he couldn’t destroy the Fatimid power but what he did was securing an alliance with the Nubian kingdom of Makuria, the most powerful nation south Egypt apart from Ethiopia.
When Almaric died and was succeeded by his son Baldwin a leper boy with good intentions in 1176, he never married but his sister married with William of Montferrato who died a year later leaving her pregnant and alone, her son was called Baldwin, in 1180 she intended to marry again, the principal contesters for her royal womb apart of Guy of Lusignan were Richard Plantagenet and the Roman Prince Alexius after the decease of Ines.
She married with Guy after her mother intervened in 1181, her sister Elisabeth married with several men until she finally settled down with Richard Plantagenet.
The Roman Empire, finally recovered from several centuries of humiliation and defeat mourned the passing of Manuel I, who was succeeded by his son Alexius II in 1200, Alexius defeated the pretenders that rose in arms against his authority in 1205, securing his position, he understood that the instability of the empire that caused civil wars, assassinations, shameful dethronements and dynastic conflicts was the inherited Senate and another republican institutions that were wiped out like a disease during his thirty years long reign, he replaced the system with a more meritocratic style government with an almost absolute power in the hands of the monarch without any kind of counterpower, the nobility became a mere decoration without inherent power by itself and the empire management resided in the Diacheiristés, administrators designed by the Emperor himself that managed the local institutions of their asigned area.
Alexius married with Helen of Scotland, daughter of the king Malcolm IV and relative to the Anglish Godwinsons, they had three sons: Maximos, Alexius and Manuel in 1206, 1208 and 1216 respectively, the imperial succession was reformed as well and the one who will inherit the throne will be the eldest son, in case of no progeny being form the second brother will inherit, females only can inherit in case of no male dynastic relatives.
The East is secure and in hand of the Christendom powers and it will remain like that until the end of times, at least that is what they think, from Mesopotamia and the furthest steppe in the east danger lurks and it will strike when the time of judgment begins...
Kingdoms of the Holy Land.
"¡My faith is my shield!"
Motto of the Duchy of Syria.
In 1175 the Zengid remnants in Mesopotamia and Mosul suffered poverty, ravaging diseases, mismanagement, corruption and continuous strife between the nobility, the peasants and the Assyrian christian minority, all of this caused a revolt that dethroned and executed the decaying Zengid dynasty, the successor was the leader of the revolt, a Kurd named Yusuf Ayyub, he adopted the name Al-Nāsir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb.
His reforms made the now Sultanate of Mesopotamia a state that at least could sustain itself, he replaced, reduced and improved the burocratic procedures, rationalized the taxation system and suppressed the Assyrian minority by a huge tax and several movement restrictions inside their own region, something that caused a rebellion that was brutally suppressed and forced the Assyrians to emigrate, the majority of this refugees ended in Syria.
In Syria the Plantagenet lord managed to pacify the local Arab population and started to slowly but steady christianize Syria, Henry I knew the importance of gaining the local population to be in their favor, or at least the higher class, so he created a nobility of Franks and christian Arabs, seeking to improve the nation economy he dedicated good part of the royal coffers in trade protection and agricultural production, the latter being far more difficult because the local climatological situation, he also started the construction of several churches and monasteries along his crowning monument, the Damascus University, the biggest in all the Outremer until 1321 when the University of Jerusalem was finally costructed after several delays.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem was the richest and most populated crusader state, Almaric of Jerusalem strived several years with the Fatimids, seeking the dismantlement of the caliphate and the collapse of the last threat to the crusader states, he couldn’t destroy the Fatimid power but what he did was securing an alliance with the Nubian kingdom of Makuria, the most powerful nation south Egypt apart from Ethiopia.
When Almaric died and was succeeded by his son Baldwin a leper boy with good intentions in 1176, he never married but his sister married with William of Montferrato who died a year later leaving her pregnant and alone, her son was called Baldwin, in 1180 she intended to marry again, the principal contesters for her royal womb apart of Guy of Lusignan were Richard Plantagenet and the Roman Prince Alexius after the decease of Ines.
She married with Guy after her mother intervened in 1181, her sister Elisabeth married with several men until she finally settled down with Richard Plantagenet.
The Roman Empire, finally recovered from several centuries of humiliation and defeat mourned the passing of Manuel I, who was succeeded by his son Alexius II in 1200, Alexius defeated the pretenders that rose in arms against his authority in 1205, securing his position, he understood that the instability of the empire that caused civil wars, assassinations, shameful dethronements and dynastic conflicts was the inherited Senate and another republican institutions that were wiped out like a disease during his thirty years long reign, he replaced the system with a more meritocratic style government with an almost absolute power in the hands of the monarch without any kind of counterpower, the nobility became a mere decoration without inherent power by itself and the empire management resided in the Diacheiristés, administrators designed by the Emperor himself that managed the local institutions of their asigned area.
Alexius married with Helen of Scotland, daughter of the king Malcolm IV and relative to the Anglish Godwinsons, they had three sons: Maximos, Alexius and Manuel in 1206, 1208 and 1216 respectively, the imperial succession was reformed as well and the one who will inherit the throne will be the eldest son, in case of no progeny being form the second brother will inherit, females only can inherit in case of no male dynastic relatives.
The East is secure and in hand of the Christendom powers and it will remain like that until the end of times, at least that is what they think, from Mesopotamia and the furthest steppe in the east danger lurks and it will strike when the time of judgment begins...
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Next update will see a 50 years jump in time to the start of the war between France and the Capetians against the HRE and the Hohenstaufen with the Habsburgs as their allies, it is going to be spectacular.
Yes will this war make the HRE into a centralized State like France
The 1700’s, then I consider doing a second part but it isn’t decided.
The Hohenstaufen reclaimed that they were the lawful kings of France due to direct relation to Charlemagne through the Salians, also personal ambition of the Kaiser, the Capets wanting Aquitaine and the Warmongering attitude of the Habsburg advisors, including the wife of the Kaiser.
Chapter XVIII La Guerre des Cent Ans I
Chapter XVIII.
La Guerre des Cent Ans.
The relationship between the Capetian kings of France and the Hohenstaufen emperors slowly but steady decayed into outright hostility after Frederick II Declaration of Aachen, in which he reclaimed Carolingian heritage and declared himself the rightful king of France, policy continued by his son Conrad IV.
Conrad started to strengthening the Empire, specially Italy in case of war with France, the economy flourished and the house of Habsburg slowly grew more powerful and influential during his reign, his grandson Leopold, son of Heinrich his youngest and only surviving son, inherited the Empire in 1298 only being twenty one years old after a Italian rebel murdered his father, he married with Edith Stenkil, daughter of Erick IX of Sweden.
In 1325 the French king tried to revoke his possessions in Aquitaine and Guyene after he insulted the king and called him a ill-tempered and soft sword ruler added to his disobedience and several Lésse Majesté crimes, the pope mediated the whole problem trying to avoid a war, his brother Sigmund convinced him to ignore the pope and reclaim their "Carolingian Birthright" and end the impious Capetian "occupation" of the French throne forever; The war started with an invasion in Flanders, region under control of William IV of Normandy, grandson of Robert I, son of William Clito, he was defeated in Henao, losing 1,243 men, but he broke through the French defenses in Lorraine.
Aquitaine, possession of the Emperor, was encircled and the French tried to starve the entire region into submission, a strategy that backfired after the armies led by Conrad II of Sardinia captured Provence and defeated the siege army in the battle of Bordeaux, killing 3,976 Frenchmen and losing 2,346 men.
The duke of Brittany Jean III defeated the imperial army in the battle of Hainaut, victory that eased the Imperial grip on Flanders, unfortunately the emperor himself broke them and reached Evreux, the city surrendered in 1327 after a long siege that killed almost 5,679 persons, including the Norman duke, that was succeeded by his daughter Jeanne.
Philippe IV launched an offensive that mangled Aquitaine, reducing it to Guyene and some other sites, he captured the Sardinian king in the battle of Vichy, he forced him to abandon the war effort and pay almost a million livres, he continued his campaign and liberated Auvergne and Provence, he supported the Genoese Rebellion and invaded Savoy, he was defeated in Turin, losing almost 10,000 men.
The war ended in 1330, after Sigmund invaded southern France again, this time defeating the French with an atoning ease until they were defeated by Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Syria and Anjou, in the battle the French lost 3,456 men compared with the 6,619 of the Germans, repulsing them back to Aquitaine, other aspects that contributed to the peace were the rebellion in Lorraine, Genoa and the eastern margraviates and the Luxemburgian Pronouncement, a strategy that tried to overthrow the tyrannical government of Leopold, the peace was signed in Anjou and resulted in a 14 years truce between France and the European Behemoth, at least for now...
La Guerre des Cent Ans.
The relationship between the Capetian kings of France and the Hohenstaufen emperors slowly but steady decayed into outright hostility after Frederick II Declaration of Aachen, in which he reclaimed Carolingian heritage and declared himself the rightful king of France, policy continued by his son Conrad IV.
Conrad started to strengthening the Empire, specially Italy in case of war with France, the economy flourished and the house of Habsburg slowly grew more powerful and influential during his reign, his grandson Leopold, son of Heinrich his youngest and only surviving son, inherited the Empire in 1298 only being twenty one years old after a Italian rebel murdered his father, he married with Edith Stenkil, daughter of Erick IX of Sweden.
In 1325 the French king tried to revoke his possessions in Aquitaine and Guyene after he insulted the king and called him a ill-tempered and soft sword ruler added to his disobedience and several Lésse Majesté crimes, the pope mediated the whole problem trying to avoid a war, his brother Sigmund convinced him to ignore the pope and reclaim their "Carolingian Birthright" and end the impious Capetian "occupation" of the French throne forever; The war started with an invasion in Flanders, region under control of William IV of Normandy, grandson of Robert I, son of William Clito, he was defeated in Henao, losing 1,243 men, but he broke through the French defenses in Lorraine.
Aquitaine, possession of the Emperor, was encircled and the French tried to starve the entire region into submission, a strategy that backfired after the armies led by Conrad II of Sardinia captured Provence and defeated the siege army in the battle of Bordeaux, killing 3,976 Frenchmen and losing 2,346 men.
The duke of Brittany Jean III defeated the imperial army in the battle of Hainaut, victory that eased the Imperial grip on Flanders, unfortunately the emperor himself broke them and reached Evreux, the city surrendered in 1327 after a long siege that killed almost 5,679 persons, including the Norman duke, that was succeeded by his daughter Jeanne.
Philippe IV launched an offensive that mangled Aquitaine, reducing it to Guyene and some other sites, he captured the Sardinian king in the battle of Vichy, he forced him to abandon the war effort and pay almost a million livres, he continued his campaign and liberated Auvergne and Provence, he supported the Genoese Rebellion and invaded Savoy, he was defeated in Turin, losing almost 10,000 men.
The war ended in 1330, after Sigmund invaded southern France again, this time defeating the French with an atoning ease until they were defeated by Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Syria and Anjou, in the battle the French lost 3,456 men compared with the 6,619 of the Germans, repulsing them back to Aquitaine, other aspects that contributed to the peace were the rebellion in Lorraine, Genoa and the eastern margraviates and the Luxemburgian Pronouncement, a strategy that tried to overthrow the tyrannical government of Leopold, the peace was signed in Anjou and resulted in a 14 years truce between France and the European Behemoth, at least for now...
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