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Just that, what if the first of Henry II's legitimate sons to survive to adulthood does not predecease him?

Henry the Young King was tall, fair, handsome, charming, generous, kind, brave, and merciful, as well as being something of a tournament hero and celebrity among the middle class and maybe even the commoners.

He was originally slated to inherit England, Normandy, and Maine; Richard would get Aquitaine and Guyenne, Geoffrey (surviving easily due to butterflies) would get Brittany, and John some small county in France. Given the turbulent relationships in this family, it seems as though Richard and Geoffrey will plot with King Philip Augustus of France to take Normandy and Maine off of Henry III's hands.

What else can happen in the short term? Could the brothers work together, each being rather popular in his own domain, to completely dismember France?
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