John Lackland, King of Jerusalem

The Treaty of Rennes
The Treaty of Rennes

The Treaty of Le Rennes was signed by the kings Richard I of England and Philip II of France in May 1200 and aimed to ultimately settle the claims the Angevin kings of England had on French lands. Hence, it aimed to bring an end to the war over the Duchy of Normandy and finalise the new borders of what was left of the duchy, as well as the future relationship of the king of France and the dukes of Normandy. The treaty was a victory for Philip as it asserted his legal claims to overlordship over Richard's French lands. A consequence of the treaty was the separation of the Channel Islands from the Dukedom and Duchy of Normandy. The islands became the Bailiwicks, or separate sub-jurisdictions of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark.



The terms of the treaty signed at Rennes, on the city of Rennes in Brittany, included clarifications of the feudal relationships binding the monarchs. Richard, meanwhile, formally recognised the new status of the lost Norman territories by acknowledging the Counts of Boulogne and Flanders as vassals of the kings of France, not those of England, and recognised Philip as the suzerain of the continental lands in the Angevin Empire. Richard and Arthur also bound themselves not to support any rebellions on the part of the counts of Boulogne and Flanders.



Philip had previously recognised Richard as suzerain of Anjou and the Duchy of Brittany, but with the treaty of le Goulet he extorted 20,000 marks sterling as "relief" in payment for recognition of Richard's sovereignty of Brittany.



The treaty also included territorial concessions by Richard to Philip. The Vexin (except for Les Andelys, where Château Gaillard, vital to the defence of the region, was located) and the Évrécin in Normandy, as well as Issoudun, Graçay, and the fief of André de Chauvigny in Berry were to be removed from Angevin suzerainty and put directly into that of France.



The Duchy of Aquitaine was not included in the treaty. It was still held by Richard as heir to his still-living mother, Eleanor. The treaty was sealed with a marriage alliance between the Angevin and Capetian dynasties. Richard's niece Eleanor, daughter of his brother Geoffrey and Constance of Brittany, married Philip's eldest son, Louis VIII of France (to be eventually known as Louis the Lion).
 
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Coronation of Arthur I
Coronation of Arthur I

On 1202, Richard I would die due to an unknown disease, replaced by his 15 year old nephew who was crowned shortly.

Arthur would gain the loyalty of the men in England although during at the beginning of his own reign in 1203, the French would attack Normandy held by Arthur which he would easily regain against his liege and that would result in him allying with Innocent III and marrying Richeza of Denmark, who herself is a relative of Ingeborg of Denmark, he would oblige Richeza to rename herself as Eleanor which sounded like his grandmother’s name.

The two would like each other very much that they would have a very good relationship, the marriage of Richeza of Denmark to Arthur of Brittany would force Philip II to reaccept his repurdiated bride, Ingeborg of Denmark and share a bed with her, the marriage would produce a son named Henry on 1204 which would be never followed by another child, the marriage is said to be a product of the sharp mind of Arthur of Brittany and his alliance with Innocent III, he would also was the match maker of Valdemar II of Denmark and Matilda of Castile on the death of his first wife, Margaret of Bohemia on giving birth to his son, Valdemar on 1206.
 
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Death of John of Jerusalem
Death of John of Jerusalem

On 1206, John would die leaving Isabella as the only ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, she was the leader of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and not John and she would be the one who had led it and focused on grooming her son, Henry as the heir of Jerusalem and her daughter, Maria would leave Jerusalem for Aragon in order to marry Peter III of Aragon, John Plantagenet would be seen as an incompetent consort of Isabella and her doing it alone would have been better.

Maria of Jerusalem would arrive in the court of Peter III and was crowned as the Queen of Aragon and this would mean that Aragon and Jerusalem would have a long lasting alliance even after Queen Isabella has died.
 
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