Sans Le Goulet - No Treaty of Le Goulet

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On April 1200, Philippe Auguste would decide to set aside his bride, Agnes of Merania in favor of Ingeborg ending the interdict of Philippe Auguste and ally with Constance of Brittany ratifying the Treaty of Angers on May 1200 instead of allying with John I of England and recognize Arthur of Brittany as the King of England, Count of Anjou and Duke of Aquitaine with Eleanor of Brittany marrying the future Louis VIII with the dowry of Normandy and Philippa of Dreux being betrothed to Arthur, Duke of Brittany.

Setting aside Agnes of Merania would mean that his two children, Marie and Philip would be declared legitimate by Pope Innocent II, Agnes of Merania would die in a convent in Brittany after she was set aside.

Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son John would be shocked at the decision of Philippe Auguste, they felt betrayed on their part as John was not recognized by Philippe Auguste and his decision to marry Isabelle of Angouleme would further doom his inheritance of the Angevin Empire and Blanche of Castile was already escorted by Eleanor from Castile, they could not believe the betrayal by Philippe Auguste, the jilted bride Blanche would return to Castile wherein she would marry Ferdinand of Leon after the death of his betrothed Mafalda.

 

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Arthur embarked on a campaign in Normandy against John in 1202. Poitou revolted in support of Arthur. The Duke of Brittany besieged his grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, John's mother, in the Château de Mirebeau. John marched on Mirebeau, taking Arthur by surprise on 31 July 1202. Arthur was captured by John's barons on 1 August, and imprisoned in the Château de Falaise in Falaise, Normandy.

At the Chateau de Falaise, Arthur was guarded by Hubert de Burgh. According to contemporaneous chronicler Ralph of Coggeshall, John ordered two of his servants to blind and castrate the duke. De Burgh could not bring himself to let Arthur be mutilated. Fearful of John, de Burgh leaked news that Arthur had died of natural causes. This news infuriated Brittany, who suspected that Arthur had been murdered. The following year Arthur was transferred to Rouen, under the charge of William de Braose. Arthur vanished in April 1203, in the background of several military victories by Philip II of France against King John.

Arthur's disappearance gave rise to various stories. One account was that Arthur's gaolers feared to harm him, and so he was murdered by John directly and his body dumped in the Seine. The Margam Annals provide the following account of Arthur's death:

After King John had captured Arthur and kept him alive in prison for some time, at length, in the castle of Rouen, after dinner on the Thursday before Easter, when he was drunk and possessed by the devil ['ebrius et daemonio plenus'], he slew him with his own hand, and tying a heavy stone to the body cast it into the Seine. It was discovered by a fisherman in his net, and being dragged to the bank and recognized, was taken for secret burial, in fear of the tyrant, to the priory of Bec called Notre Dame de Pres.



William de Braose was rumoured to have committed Arthur's alleged assassination. He rose high in John's favour after Arthur's disappearance, receiving new lands and titles in the Welsh Marches. Many years after Arthur's disappearance, and just prior to a conflict with King John, de Braose's wife Maud de Braose accused the king of murdering Arthur. Not only the Bretons, but even Philip II, were ignorant of what actually happened, and whether Arthur was alive or dead. Whatever his fate, Arthur left no known issue.

William promised to direct the attack of Mirebeau on condition he was consulted on the fate of Arthur,[12] but John broke the promise,[13] causing him to leave John along with Aimeri of Thouars and siege Angers.

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The death of Arthur of Brittany would cause Anjou, Maine, Touraine, and Poitou to pass to the Royal domain regardless of the victory of King John due to Prince Louis being married to Eleanor of Brittany and Eleanor of Brittany, the wife of Louis, Prince of France was declared the Duchess of Brittany.

On the death of Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1204, the nobility of Duchy of Aquitaine would revolt in favor of the King of France, causing the Duchy of Aquitaine to pass to the royal domain except for the County of Angouleme held by Isabella of Angouleme, the French would attempt to get England on 1216 as the barons of England would revolt against King John.

Some people say that the death of Arthur of Brittany was a consequence of Philip II of France tricking him to fight his uncle due to his marriage with Isabella of Angouleme, nothing is for sure at that.

 

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On 1202, Louis of France would consummate his marriage with Eleanor of Brittany, the marriage between Louis the Lion and Eleanor of Brittany would be beneficial to France due to the annexation of the Plantagenet lands in the continent, especially after his ascension as King Louis VIII on 1223, Eleanor of Brittany would have the temper of the Plantagenets which would affect Louis the Lion and would be inherited by his own issue with her.

The marriage would lead France to gain Anjou, Aquitaine, and Gascony and deprived the Plantagenets of their lands in the continent and now the Plantagenets would focus on England due to them losing their own continental lands in France.

Eleanor of Brittany and Louis VIII would have the following issue
Constance of France b. January 10, 1203 – 1240 m. Theobald I of Navarre
Philip III of France b. June 4, 1205 d. 1270 married to Matilda II of Boulogne
Louis of France b. April 25, 1210 d. 1270 - Priest, Saint
Geoffrey III, Duke of Brittany, Count of Toulouse b. November 11, 1214 – 1271 married to Joan, Countess of Toulouse - No issue
Robert, Count of Artois b. September 25, 1216 d. 1250
Isabelle b. March 1220 – Abess of Fontravraud, Nun, Saint
Charles, Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence b. December 20, 1223 - 1285 married to Margaret, Countess of Provence

 

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On 1204, the crusaders supported by Philip of Swabia would conquer Constantinople as their claimant of the Byzantine Empire has died and the crusaders would annex Constantinople uprooting the ruling Greeks in Constantinople and creating the two states of Nicaea and Epirus who would both vie for reclaiming Constantinople.

The Count of Flanders, Baldwin would be crowned as the King of the Latin Kingdom and would die in 1206, replaced his relative, and his wife, Marie would return to Flanders as a regent of the County of Flanders.

 

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On the death of John of England, the Papacy and the nobles of England would ally with his son Henry III and threatened Eleanor of Brittany and Louis VIII of excommunication shall they stay ruling England and thus the two would return of France and renounce their claims in favor of Henry III in the Treaty of Lambeth in 1217 and forced to marry their younger daughter, Eleanor who was given Eleanor of Brittany’s claim to England who would marry Henry III but the peace between the son of Eleanor of Brittany and Louis VIII, Philippe III and Henry III would be finalized in the treaty of Paris in 1259 which would settle the issues between the two parties.

Treaty of Lambeth

The principal provisions of the treaties were an amnesty for English rebels. It was also acknowledged that the French had failed to take possession of the entire Channel Islands and so possession of the individual islands was restored to the king of England. Louis undertook not to attack England again and agreed he had never been the legitimate king of England, in exchange for 10,000 marks. Scottish troops under Alexander II also withdrew.

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Treaty of Paris

Under the treaty, Henry acknowledged loss of the Duchy of Normandy. Regarding the Norman islands in the channel, the treaty held that "islands (if any) which the King of England should hold" would be retained by him "as peer of France" (the islands came to be collectively called the Channel Islands, consisting of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and some smaller islands).

Henry agreed to renounce control of Maine, Anjou, Poitou, Aquitaine and Gascony which had been lost under the reign of King John.

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On 1208, Philip of Swabia would be assassinated on the wedding of his niece, Beatrice of Burgundy.

On 1211, Frederick I of Sicily’s wife, Constance of Sicily would die after giving birth to a son named Henry and on 1214, he would remarry to Marie of France, the daughter of Agnes of Merania and Philip II and the full blood sister of Abbot Philip, she would give birth to a son named Frederick[1] on 1220 who is his successor in Sicily, who would be was her only surviving issue, and she would die on 1222, allowing him to remarry to Yolande of Jerusalem who died in 1228, then to Isabella Plantagenet, an English Princess.

On 1214, Frederick II would be crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor with the help of Philip II, as he is married to Marie of France as his second wife.

Frederick II of Sicily and his half-brother Conrad of Germany would fight regarding their succession of their father’s lands as the kin of the first son of their elder brother had already died completely.

Frederick II’s daughter, Constance would marry Peter III of Aragon adding Sicily to the Aragonese Crown.



1. He takes the place of the OTL Manfred of Sicily.