To wear two Crowns an Anglo-French timeline

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On 1220, the heir of France, Philippe would marry the Beautiful Princess of Castile, Berengaria, she would be a shameless woman and have inherited her mother, Berengaria’s traits, Berengaria is a cousin of Eleanor of who she did not know and Berengaria is said to be bad to her stepchildren including Ferdinand, the father of the future King of Leon and even separated Blanche of Castile from her childen.

Berengaria would now be known as Princess Berengiere but she has some power issues in the court and would even control her husband on 1225, when Louis VIII died, the new queen Berengiere would have convinced her husband to send her mother Eleanor of Brittany to England rather than stay in France which would enable her to dominate her husband, Philippe III.



Children of Berengaria of Castile and Philippe III of France

Louis XI b. 1221 m. Maria of Denmark[1]

Blanche b. 1224 m. Theobald II of Navarre

Isabella b. 1230 m. Alfonso III of Aragon

Robert b. 1232 m. Agnes of Dampiere, Lady of Bourbon

1. Daughter of Marie of France and Valdemar II of Denmark.

 

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On 1240, the Dowager Queen Eleanor, Duchess of Brittany would stay weary and her son, Philippe III have taken all of her duties and her sons have their own families, she had a difficult relationship with her daughter in law, Berengaria who is just like her cousin, Berengaria and thought about the lives of her three daughters, Constance, Matilda and Eleanor who served as Queens of Scotland, Castile and Denmark and that her final daughter Elizabeth have refused to marry and entered the Fontravraud abbaye as a nun, she would dream that her fourth daughter would be a saint in the future which she would tell her son William III, those were among her last words.

She would tell her son, William III.

“I have worn two crowns and given those to you two, Philippe and William.”

The Queen would rest and die in the arms of her second son, William III and his wife Matilda of Boulogne, who she preferred as her own daughter in law, she rested in Bristol in Amesbury Eleanor's final choice of burial place was about the fate of her brother Arthur, as the abbey was dedicated to Virgin Mary and St Melor, a young Breton prince murdered by his wicked uncle who usurped his throne, later her remains would be transferred in St Denis Cathedral by her son Philippe III so that she would be buried beside his father when he learned that his mother had died, Queen Berengaria would be less amused, during this time, the Dowager Queen Ingeborg has died as well.

 

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Children of Eleanor of Brittany and Louis VIII

Philippe III of France b. 1202

Married to the Ambitious Berengaria of Castile the younger, he inherited the attitudes of his parents, but dominated by Berengaria of Castile who expelled Eleanor of Brittany from the court.

Constance of France b. 1204

Married Alexander II of Scotland became the Queen of Scotland would manage the peace between England and Scotland, she is close to William III of England.

Mathilde of France b. 1205

The wife of Ferdinand III of Castile, she would wield lesser powers and she would be dutiful wife to her husband compared to her sister in law, Berengaria of Castile.

William III of England b. 1206

Started the Capetian line of Kings of England, his wife Mathilde of Boulogne united the Blesvin and Angevin inheritance.

Eleanor of France b. 1209

Married Valdemar III of Denmark, the earlier Valdemar the Younger, son of Dagmar and she would have given him two sons, Canute b. 1228 and Henry b. 1242 who would succeed Valdemar III.

Raymond VIII of Toulouse and Provence b. 1215

Married Margaret of Provence, he started the line of the Provencal Capetians due to marrying Margaret of Provence, he received the Toulouse and the Margarviate of Provence from his parents after the County of Toulouse and Margarviate of Provence was confiscated, his son, Guilhem V of Provence(1240) is his successor, Raymond VIII is widely considered a saint due to his piety.

Saint Elizabeth b. 1218

She could read both Latin and the vernacular and enjoyed tales of chivalry as well as devotional texts. While pursuing the traditional feminine interests such as embroidery, she took special pleasure in working on priestly vestments. As a child, she requested spiritual direction and became even more devoted to the Lord under the guidance of the Franciscans. By the papal bull of 26 May 1254, Pope Innocent IV allowed her to retain some Franciscan friars as her special confessors.

She died at Longchamp on 23 February 1270, and was buried in the abbey church. After nine days her body was exhumed; according to the religious legend, it showed no signs of decay, and many miracles were said to have been wrought at her grave, she would be canonized as a saint many centuries later.