Richard, Geoffrey, John?

Which son of Henry II would be the best son to be the King of England?

  • Richard

    Votes: 6 25.0%
  • Geoffrey

    Votes: 12 50.0%
  • John

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Total voters
    24
King Henry II of England reigned 1154 to 1189.
Of his three sons:
Richard
Geoffrey
John
Which son, if only one son succeeds Henry II, would be the best son to be the King of England?
 

Dirk

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I mean, we already know what kind of rulers Richard and John ended up being. As for Geoffrey, I think that he was really unpopular. His constant rebellions against his own father coupled with raiding and looting of church lands and monasteries to fund his own participation in the crusades mean that not a lot of people like him at all.
 
John. Because an earlier reign plus less of a "go spend most of my reign futilely delaying the loss of Jerusalem and then getting captured by Austrians" would probably be good.

Seriously, Richard was a great warrior, and a really shitty (not even really English) ruler.

You still have to deal with France- best scenario is Philip Augustus dying of disease or on crusade or something.
 
Seriously, Richard was a great warrior, and a really shitty (not even really English) ruler.

Well, considering that everyone before John was practically French.

I mean, John was born, lived, ruled and died in England. He is in every way an English king. I think it is fair to say he was completely and utterly overshadowed by his brother, one way or the other. I mean, there is a reason he is called "lackland" and a reason that Ireland was chosen by his father to end up being his domain.
 
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