Lionheart timeline

A ransom of the King
Lionheart timeline


A ransom of the King

The emperor probably agreed with King Philip, already in conflict with the English king, on Richard's capture. When Richard left the Holy Land in late October 1192, he found the French ports closed and sailed up the Adriatic Sea. He took the country road from Aquileia across Austria, to reach the Bavarian estates of his Welf brother-in-law Henry the Lion. Whilst travelling under disguise, he stopped at Vienna shortly before Christmas 1192, where he was recognized (supposedly because of his signet ring) and arrested in Erdberg (modern Landstraße district). Initially Duke Leopold V had the king imprisoned in Dürnstein, and in March 1193 Richard was brought before Emperor Henry VI at Trifels Castle, accused of Conrad's murder. A ransom of 35,000 kilograms of silver was paid to release King Richard. Leopold demanded that Richard's niece, Eleanor, marry his son Frederick. Due to Leopold's death, this marriage never took place. Leopold's share of the ransom became the foundation for the mint in Vienna, and was used to build new city walls for Vienna, as well as to found the towns of Wiener Neustadt and Friedberg in Styria. The duke was excommunicated by Pope Celestine III for having taken a fellow crusader prisoner.


To receive absolution, Leopold V prepared for another crusade and decided to improve his relation with the Church by improving his relations with the clergy, when Eleanor of Brittany arrived with Baldwin of Bethune she was welcomed by Duke Leopold V in open arms and he himself prepared to embark on a new crusade, she married Frederick on 1197.


The marriage between Eleanor and Frederick would have produced two daughters, Helena(1199) and Constance(1209) and two sons, Frederick(1202) and Heinrich(1207).

Note: the Eldest son of Frederick II will naturally marry Constance, the Grand-Niece of Richard I not Agnes as OTL.
 
A heir finally born
A heir finally born

On learning of Conrad's assassination, Henry II of Champagne, who had meanwhile returned to Acre, hurried back to Tyre. Henry, who was the nephew of both Richard of England and Philip of France, was acclaimed king by the barons and the citizens of Tyre. According to Ernoul, Henry was hesitant, because Isabella was pregnant, possibly with a son. The barons and the citizens, continued Ernoul, promised him that his children would inherit the Kingdom of Jerusalem to convince him to accept the crown. The betrothal of Henry and Isabella was announced two days after Conrad's death. The marriage was celebrated in Acre on 10 May 1192.

Leopold V of Austria and Henry II of Champagne would meet in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the two would fight each other once they met in 1197 due to him blaming Henry for the death of his own relative, Conrad of Montferrat.

Henry II of Champagne would sire a son in 1198 named Stephen, who would be a heir to Jerusalem and Champagne and he would return with his wife, Isabella of Jerusalem, Henry would force Theobald, his former regent to Champagne to take vows in order to avoid him from trying to claim the Duchy if his son dies.
 
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Berengaria’s sons
Berengaria’s sons

When Richard returned to England, he had to regain all the territory that had either been lost by his brother John or taken by King Philip of France. His focus was on his kingdom, not his queen. King Richard was ordered by Pope Celestine III to reunite with Queen Berengaria and to show fidelity to her in the future. Richard, now mostly spending his time in France, obeyed and took Berengaria to church every week thereafter. Some historians believe that Berengaria honestly loved her husband, while Richard's feelings for her were merely formal, as the marriage was a political rather than a romantic union.

On 1198, Berengaria would announce her pregnancy, on December of 1198 and she would give birth the waited heir named Henry of England(1199) and another son named William of Poitiers(1201), but she herself would die a few months after the birth of second son on 1201 due to puerperal fever, her death would cause the end of the marriage alliance between England and Navarre, he would remarry to Eleanor of Aragon, the sister of Peter II as his second bride, creating links between England and Aragon..Eleanor of Aragon would give birth to Matilda of England(1203) and Eleanor of England(1210).
 
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Peter II of Aragon’s sisters
Peter II of Aragon’s sisters

Constance’s father died in 1196 and Constance's fate was decided by the new King, her brother Peter II. Peter arranged her marriage with King Emeric of Hungary, and the nineteen-year-old Constance left Aragon for Hungary. The wedding took place in 1198. Two years later, in 1200, the Queen gave birth to a son, called Ladislaus.


When King Emeric was dying, he crowned his son Ladislaus co-ruler on 26 August 1204. The King wanted to secure his succession and had his brother Andrew promise to protect the child and help him govern the Kingdom of Hungary until reaching adulthood. Emeric died three months later, on November 30, after a month, Constance of Aragon would find herself pregnant and give birth on 1205 to a daughter named Constance and days after giving birth she would die Puerperal Fever.


Peter II wanted to be on good terms with Pope Innocent III, since he wanted an annulment of his marriage with Maria of Montpellier, and needed the blessing of the Pope despite the fact they have two surviving children, James I of Aragon and Sanchia of Aragon. The Pope solicited the hand of Princess Sanchia of Aragon for his pupil, the young King Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. The Aragonese King accepted the proposal and began her trip to Sicily (1208).


Sancha and Frederick were married in the Sicilian city of Messina on 15 August 1209. In the ceremony, she was crowned Queen of Sicily. By this time, Sancha was twenty three year old and her new husband only fourteen. Two years later, in 1211, Sancha gave birth to a son, called Henry, followed by another son named Frederick on 1215.
 
Brides of the Pyrenees
Brides of the Pyrenees

On 1200, Richard I of England would sign peace with France, wanting to marry his eldest available Niece to marry Louis VIII, now that Eleanor has been married in a distant land nobody duke in the east, Arthur and his sister would not be a threat to the succession, it was for him to pick one of his unmarried nieces to marry Louis VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine would bring in the two daughters of her daughter who is a namesake in Castile, Urraca and Blanche, Richard would decide to marry Urraca to in exchange of returning Norman Vexin to the royal domain and Blanche to Eric X of Sweden, on her marriage, Urraca would take the name Eleanor, in honor of her grandmother.


After a messy divorce of Berengaria of Castile in 1202 she would leave behind her children, Eleanor, Constance, Ferdinand and Berengaria in Castile and remarry to Alfonso II of Portugal in 1206, with a younger husband and the marriage would produce two children, Sancho(1209) and Alfonso(1211).
 
Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine

On 1202, Eleanor of Aquitaine would put on her veil as a nun in Fontravraud and in the later part it has been announced that she is sick and dying and Richard I of England has just remarried to Eleanor of Aragon after the death of his first wife Berengaria of Navarre.

On the latter part of 1202 Richard and Eleanor of Aragon would rush to Fontravraud to the Dowager Queen of England and Former Queen of France, she would die in the arms of her son Richard and in this time he would confirm his second son William or Guilhem, who would be later known as Guilhem XI as the heir of the Aquitainian inheritance.

Eleanor of Aquitaine would be buried alongside with her second husband, Henry II of England, a few months after Richard I would visit Philippe Auguste to transport the Vase of Eleanor from Saint Denis to Fontravraud which Philippe would agree.
 
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A betrothal fit for a king
A betrothal fit for a king

On 1204, a betrothal between Marie of France and Prince Henry of England, the son of Berengaria and Richard of France, there is an issue of legitemacy, and thankfully due to the reconciliation of Ingeborg and Philip Auguste in 1203, a legitimate daughter would replace Marie named Sophie of France born in 1204 would be born and Marie of France would now be betrothed to Ferdinand II of Castile, the nephew of Richard I of England in order to further the alliance made with Eleanor Urraca of Castile, Queen of France, after the birth of a daughter Ingeborg and Philippe would have a son in 1210 named Philippe.


In this time a marriage of the heir of Leon, Mafalda or Mathilde a niece of Richard and Ferdinand of Leon was celebrated and Richard I and Berengaria of Castile would both send their representatives for the wedding, the marriage between Mafalda and Ferdinand of Leon was to maintain the alliance that was nullified by the nullification of the marriage of Berengaria and Alfonso IX.


Children of Alfonso IX of Leon


Alfonso IX of Leon m. Theresa of Portugal(a) Berengaria of Castile(b)

1a)Sancha (1191) m. Arthur of Brittany

2a)Ferdinand of Leon(1192/1193) m. Mafalda of Castile

3a)Dulce (1193/1194) (nun)

4b)Eleanor (1198) m. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence

5b)Constance (1200) (nun)

6b)Ferdinand (1201) m. Mathilde II of Boulogne

7b)Alfonso (1203) m. Mafalda González de Lara.

8b)Berengaria of León (1204) m. John of Brienne


Children of Richard I of England

Richard I of England m. Berengaria of Navarre(a) Eleanor of Aragon(b)

1a. Henry III of England (1199) m. Sophie of France

2a. Guilhem XI of Aquitaine (1201) m. Beatrice of Savoy

3b. Matilda of England(1203)

4b. Eleanor of England(1210)
 
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