The Salian Son – a Salian Timeline

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On Summer of 1125, Dowager Empress Matilda would give birth to a son who she would name as Henry and she would leave him in the lands of his fathers and assigned regents in his lands until he came of age before Matilda left in 1126.

Empress Matilda would marry Geoffrey of Anjou on 1127 as instructed by her father to promote her and her son’s claim to England and her husband would support her in her rule in England and Normandy once she becomes the Queen of England.

Matilda herself would have two sons named Geoffrey(1134) and William(1136), and a daughter named Marie(1133)[1].

1. Henry II, Born Female.

 

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On December of 1135, Stephen of Blois was proclaimed as the King of England by the English and Norman nobility as King Stephen, what boosted his popularity was that he had already have a son named Eustace and the Empress Dowager Matilda would dispute this and she would be angry at the succession of her rival, she was not able to mount her claim to the throne due to her being pregnant at that time and sent her husband to claim the throne but she is not popular to the nobility Normandy and England and she and her husband would begin a war to claim England, on 1140, Matilda would meet again with her eldest son and he would tell her that he is not interested to claim England for her and they should make a Peace Treaty with King Stephen.

On 1141, Empress Dowager Matilda would give up her claims and sign a marriage treaty where Eustace of Blois would be betrothed to Marie of Anjou, daughter of Dowager Empress Matilda with Maine as her dowry and Marie of Champagne, eldest daughter Theobald IV, Count of Blois and Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia would marry Henry FitzEmpress, the son of Emperor Henry V of HRE and Empress Matilda.

 

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On 1131, Bertha of Brittany would marry Philip II of France, who is reigning with his father, Louis VI, to strengthen the alliance of France and Brittany, another betrothal was made between Eleanor of Aquitaine, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine with Hoel, the son of Conan III, which would settle the borders of Aquitaine and Brittany while her sister, Alix of Aquitaine would be married to Otto II of Burgundy and the brother of Eleanor, William would marry Constance of France, strengthening the relationship of France and the Duchy of Aquitaine.

Bertha of Brittany would give birth to five surviving children, namely, Louis VII(1138), Matilda(1140), Constance(1145), Philip(1148), and Alix(1150).

Note:
The OTL Louis VII would become a monk in this timeline.