Chapter 1
On 1194, Mathilde of Brittany is married to Frederick of Austria with a generous dowry with 35,000 of silver to end the incarceration of Richard I and for that reason, Philippe Auguste would demand the hand of Eleanor of Brittany to his son Louis, the son of Philippe Auguste and Isabella of Hainault to guarantee peace between the Angevins and the Capetians.
Mathilde of Brittany would reinvigorate the Babenbergs as she would have produced two sons, Henry b. 1200 and Gottfried b. 1208 and two daughters, Matilde b. 1202 and Margaret b. 1206.
On 1213, Mathilde of Brittany the regent of Austria for her sons Henry and Gottfried would reveal to Eleanor that her marriage with Louis VIII would not have been possible had she never existed as the Holy Roman Emperor would never allow her marriage with the French as she was affianced to her late husband and she talked about their sister, Margaret of Brittany who was born prior to their mother’s death in 1201 as well as their brother, Conan V, Margaret is affianced to the Duke of Savoy.
Despite having difficulties with the regency, she was quite happy of the regency as it gone through tough times when her brother in law was difficult to deal with.
Mathilde of Brittany would betroth her own daughter, Mathilde to the impressive Konrad the Curly of Silesia and her other daughter, Margaret to the future count of Burgundy, the son of Joanna I of Burgundy, she would remain calm and living as the regent to Austria but her brother in law would have two daughters only, named Margaret(1204) and Hedwig(1210), who would have a lower ranking for marriages, she would die on 1215.
Mathilde of Brittany would reinvigorate the Babenbergs as she would have produced two sons, Henry b. 1200 and Gottfried b. 1208 and two daughters, Matilde b. 1202 and Margaret b. 1206.
On 1213, Mathilde of Brittany the regent of Austria for her sons Henry and Gottfried would reveal to Eleanor that her marriage with Louis VIII would not have been possible had she never existed as the Holy Roman Emperor would never allow her marriage with the French as she was affianced to her late husband and she talked about their sister, Margaret of Brittany who was born prior to their mother’s death in 1201 as well as their brother, Conan V, Margaret is affianced to the Duke of Savoy.
Despite having difficulties with the regency, she was quite happy of the regency as it gone through tough times when her brother in law was difficult to deal with.
Mathilde of Brittany would betroth her own daughter, Mathilde to the impressive Konrad the Curly of Silesia and her other daughter, Margaret to the future count of Burgundy, the son of Joanna I of Burgundy, she would remain calm and living as the regent to Austria but her brother in law would have two daughters only, named Margaret(1204) and Hedwig(1210), who would have a lower ranking for marriages, she would die on 1215.