Sans Gascogne(No Gascony) – An English Alternatehistory

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On 1189, On the succession of Richard I, he would negotiate a marriage treaty with Philippe II but it would involve himself marrying Alice of France and Eleanor of Brittany would be sent to Philippe II for betrothal with the future Louis VIII and finally marriage on 1190 when she herself arrived in French custody.

Despite the arrival of Alice of France on Cyprus, her husband would focus on crusading himself and he would die on 1199

Alice of France herself would be forced to retire in Fontravraud as an abbess on the death of her own husband on 1199.

The King of France would claim Anjou, Maine and Touraine and Normandy as inheritance of Eleanor of Brittany after the death of Richard I.

On 1200, John, King of England would divorce Isabella of Gloucester in favor of Isabella of Angouleme causing the King of France to later confiscate Aquitaine.

 

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On Spring of 1187, Constance, the widowed duchess of Brittany would deliver another daughter sired by her dead husband before he died, she would name her Marie, her daughter Mathilde ended up being married off to Sancho VII and her eldest daughter, Eleanor would end up being married to Louis VIII on 1195 and Constance would use the marriage to secure the French king as an ally against the Plantagenets.

Her third husband, Guy of Thouars would finally give sire to a son for Brittany on 1200 named Conan and Constance of Brittany would give birth to two daughters, Catherine and Marguerite on 1201 and she herself would die on 1201, months after giving birth to Marguerite and Catherine of Brittany, causing Conan V to succeed as the Duke of Brittany on 1201 with Guy of Thouars as the regent.

Her second daughter, Mathilde(1185) would be married off to Sancho VII of Navarre by Richard I of England on 1195, and this marriage that would produce the following children;

Sancha of Navarre b. 1201 – married to Ferdinand III of Castile

Jofre I of Navarre b. 1206

 

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Eleanor would consummate her marriage with Louis VIII on 1201 and Constance would use the marriage to secure the French king as an ally against the Plantagenets.

Eleanor and Louis VIII had many children, namely;

Constance b. 1204 – 1270

Philip III b. 1206 - 1270

Eleanor b. 1208 – 1240

Robert, Count of Artois b. 1214 - 1270 m. Marie of Flanders b. 1214

Arthur b. 1220 - 1270

Isabelle b. 1222 - 1270

The marriage of Isabella of Angouleme and John of England on 1200 would cause Philip II to confiscate Aquitaine on the death of Eleanor of Aquitaine on 1204 and due to their wins in the war of Bouvines on 1214, the Plantagenets would never regain Aquitaine.

 

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The marriage of Maria of Montpellier and Peter II of Aragon would be barren due to none of their children survive infancy and Alfonso II of Provence would ascend the throne of Aragon on 1213 on the Battle of Muret due to the annulment of the marriage of Maria of Montpellier not happening despite the two dying almost at the same time.

On 1206, Marie of Brittany, a younger sister of the Queen of France would enter a betrothal with Frederick I of Sicily, later Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II and a marriage on 1209, another betrothal that would be made would be between Elizabeth of Swabia and the future Philip III which would strengthen the relationship between the Swabians and the Capetians, on 1208 on the marriage of Beatrice, the Younger sister of Joanna I of Burgundy, Philip of Swabia would be assassinated, leaving the Duchy of Swabia under Irene of Swabia’s regency.

On 1207, Joanna I, Countess of Burgundy would be promised to marry Peter II of Aragon, and Philip of Swabia would cede the Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles as an autonomous Kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire to Peter II as her dowry on her wedding, the two were betrothed a year before her younger sister, Beatrice just prior to the assassination of Philip of Swabia, the wedding would never happen due to Innocent III never granting the annulment of Peter III’s marriage with Marie of Montpellier and Raymond Berenguer, the son of Alfonso II of Provence and later Alfonso III of Aragon would marry her instead on 1211 as a proposal of Innocent III and this would stop the further French encroachment of the Kingdom of Arles after annexation of Toulouse and Margraviate of Provence in 1213 on the battle of Muret.

 

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The Crushing French victory on the battle of Bouvines on 1214 would dash English and Flemish hopes of regaining their lost territories. Having lost all credibility as emperor following the battle. Otto IV was deposed by Pope Innocent III, marking Frederick II Hohenstauffen’s ascenscion to the Imperial throne. King John was compelled to hand over Aquitaine, his inheritance from his mother to Philip in a peace settlement. This would confirm the collapse of the Angevin Empire. The disaster at Bouvines would forever alter the Political situation in England as John was so weakened that his discontented barons forced him to agree to Magna Carta in 1215.

On 1216, Louis VIII and Eleanor of Brittany would lose their bid for the Crown of England on the death of John of England on 1216 in favor of Henry III who would be under the regency of William Marshal, ending the Capetian take over of the Plantagenet domains, this would culminate in the treaty of Paris in 1245 wherein King Philip III of France would completely renounce the Channel Islands and England in favor of Henry III of England, ending the French threat on England and Henry III would end up renouncing all the continental lands of the Plantagenets.

Isabella, Countess of Angouleme would remarry to Hugh of Lusignan in 1218 causing Isabella of Angouleme to lose custody of her own son.

On 1218, Joanna of Flanders would be freed but her first husband, Ferdinand of Portugal would die in Prison and she would remarry to Peter Mauclerc and she would betroth her eldest daughter, Marie of Flanders to Robert of Artois to secure her own freedom.