I started watching Le Rois Maudits last night, and listening to the dialogue between Mahaut/Mathilde, Css of Artois and her nephew, Robert, sieur de Conches got me thinking.
Two of Mahaut's daughters were married to successive kings of France, and Robert was involved in unsuccessful lawsuits against his aunt to try and reclaim his patrimony. Eventually he went to England after having to jump from seat to seat in the Low Countries due to the king of France's influence.
Now, I'm sure both Robert and Mahaut were capable of being thoroughly reprehensible characters, so I'm not interested in that side of things. What I AM interested in, is the effects of Mahaut's brother (Philippe) surviving his 1298 death (and then outliving their dad, even just by a few months) and no Artesian inheritance for Mahaut and Bob's direct inheritance from his dad.
Thought?
Two of Mahaut's daughters were married to successive kings of France, and Robert was involved in unsuccessful lawsuits against his aunt to try and reclaim his patrimony. Eventually he went to England after having to jump from seat to seat in the Low Countries due to the king of France's influence.
Now, I'm sure both Robert and Mahaut were capable of being thoroughly reprehensible characters, so I'm not interested in that side of things. What I AM interested in, is the effects of Mahaut's brother (Philippe) surviving his 1298 death (and then outliving their dad, even just by a few months) and no Artesian inheritance for Mahaut and Bob's direct inheritance from his dad.
Thought?