WI Geoffrey of Brittany lives?

Another French/Angevin POD to consider is the survival of Henry II of England's son Geoffrey Duke of Brittany who OTL died at a tournament c1186.

An immediate consequence I can see is Philip II of France's agitation of Henry's sons.
We could well see Henry II successfully mediating among his sons and so surviving 1189.

With Henry living past 1190 I can see him obtaining the Kingship of Ireland for his son John, likely in exchange for some sort of Crusade. Normandy and Anjou-Maine-Touraine are likely then to be conferred on Geoffrey. Richard may crowned early as co-King or just his right of succession confirmed.

Possibilities beyond this depend on the longevity of both Henry and Geoffrey.
Geoffrey is likely to have more children providing he doesn't die on crusade. This would complicate his inheritance.

What else do people see resulting?
Would England be again contested between John and Arthur with a childless Richard and dead Geoffrey?
 
The survival of Geoffrey of Britanny woud be interesting... But I doubt it would benefit the "Angevin Empire".

During his lifetime, Philip II Augustus dealt with every sons of Henry II. He first tried with Henry the Young King, and had nearly persuaded him to rebel when he died of dysentria in 1183.
He then approached Geoffrey and they became good friends. Geoffrey was also apparently ready to rebel when he accidentally died in 1186. A proof of the (maybe faked) friendship of Philip and Geoffrey is that Philip Augustus nearly jumped into Geoffrey's tomb at the latter's funeral.

If Geoffrey were to live longer, we could actually see him rebel against his father with the support of Philip II Augustus, and maybe even Richard Lionheart if Philip also manages to get him into the game.
After that, who knows how the "Empire" is divided between Richard, Geoffrey and John... Richard would have England (as eldest son and heir) and Aquitaine, Geoffrey would have Britanny and John Ireland for sure (since they already ruled those parts). The mess would be with Anjou-Maine-Tourraine and Normandy, Richard could want to keep, thus angering at least Geoffrey (who had eyes on those territories).

The next thing to remember is Philip Augustus's policy regarding the Angevins : playing one against another (The Plantagenêts had pretty bad relationship between themselves). In this scenario, we could actually see Philip using Geoffrey against Richard rather than John Lackland, unless Geoffrey also went on the Third Crusade and choosed to stay with his brother (or died there, but this would lead to a situation quite similar to OTL's).

This probably also has consequences on Richard's succession as King of England : if he doesn't have heirs, then Geoffrey is likely to become King, provided he didn't die before Richard. This wouldn't help Philip Augustus much, who would probably play the card of John at that point...

Anyway, I think Geoffrey's survivals actually messes up the situation a lot more, and this probably plays in favor of Philip II of France.
 
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