Richard the Lionheart survives

Richard the Lionheart survives or Richard's legacy
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Richard the Lionheart decided not to check the castle walls in 25 March 1199 and because of that he survived and did not die.

This is what I initially plan for the Angevin Empire, the Duchy of Gascony goes to Alfonso of Castille and later to Sancho while Brittany goes to Arthur, the rest goes to the son of Lionheart.
 
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It is with great embarrassment that I say my first thought was "Sir Walter Scott has to find something else about which to write." :eek: Does John end up with anything, perhaps a dukedom?

This sounds interesting...
 
It is with great embarrassment that I say my first thought was "Sir Walter Scott has to find something else about which to write." :eek: Does John end up with anything, perhaps a dukedom?

This sounds interesting...

I plan to give him Ireland as planned by his father.
 
And who would inherit if Richard dies childless?

Probably his nephew Arthur. Almost certainly if they both outlive John, since the latter's children would be too young to contest it.

However, it is by no means certain that Richard would die childless. I recall from a biography that at the tme of his death he may have been getting ready to divorce the childless Berengaria, and so free himself to remarry. Of course, this could create problems of its own, since a son of Richard's second marriage might well ascend the throne as a minor.
 
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Probably his nephew Arthur. Almost certainly if they both outlive John, since the latter's children would be too young to contest it.

However, it is by no means certain that Richard would die childless. I recall from a biography that at the tme of his death he may have been getting ready to divorce the childless Berengaria, and so free himself to remarry. Of course, this could create problems of its own, since a son of Richard's second marriage might well ascend the throne as a minor.
King Richard's sexuality has been questioned. The failure to have children may have been his fault, rather than his wife's. We will probably never really know the truth. He's alot like Richard II in that respect.
 
The original post mentions a son of Lionheart. <Chinese sage> This sounds interesting. </Chinese sage>
 
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