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The Mild Fall
On 1197, Henry of Champagne would land from the window and was able to wake up after his fall from the first floor of his house with Isabella of Jerusalem, Henry of Champagne was said to be one of the guilty people in the death of Conrad of Montferrat and the co-conspirator of Richard the Lionheart, he would be one of the people who would be blamed for the death of Conrad of Montferrat and on his route on his return to Champagne in early 1198 he would be imprisoned by Leopold of Austria and Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire which would cause the King of England to go to the Holy Roman Empire to make a negotiation in order to free the Duke of Champagne from his imprisonment.
Henry of Champagne will give Isabella of Jerusalem on 1199, finally a son named Henry of Champagne who would be the heir of Jerusalem.
Theobald was made the heir to Aquitaine and married to Blanche of Navarre in order to promote him as the heir to Aquitaine in case of a childless death of Richard, both Arthur and Theobald were made heirs of Richard, it was said that had Henry of Champagne died in 1197 it would be Otto who would be the heir to Aquitaine in case Richard had no children, Richard would promote a betrothal between Isabella of Angouleme and Arthur at this point since Sancha is in a monastery in this point due to her wanting to be a nun and also a marriage between Eleanor of Brittany and Peter II of Aragon, the marriage between Eleanor and Peter II was important in the future of the Angevin Empire due to his marriage sealing the alliance of the Angevins in France and the House of Barcelona of Aragon.
The Truce
In 1199, under the terms of a truce between King Philip II and King Richard I, it was agreed that Philip's twelve-year-old heir-apparent Louis would be married to one of Richard's nieces, daughters of his sister Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile. Richard and Eleanor set out from Poitiers. They continued south, crossed the Pyrenees, and travelled through the Kingdoms of Navarre and Castile, arriving in Castile before the end of January 1200.
King Alfonso VIII and Eleanor's daughter, Queen Eleanor of Castile, had two remaining unmarried daughters, Urraca and Blanche. Eleanor wanted the younger daughter, Blanche, however Richard preferred Urraca and Urraca ended up as the one chosen by the two, Urraca took the name Eleanor after the marriage with Prince Louis and the unborn daughter of her mother would be named as Beatrice instead of Eleanor. She stayed for two months at the Castilian court, then late in March journeyed with Urraca back across the Pyrenees. They celebrated Easter in Bordeaux, where the famous warrior Mercadier came to her court. It was decided that he would escort the Queen and Princess north. a rival mercenary captain. This tragedy was too much for the elderly queen, who was fatigued and unable to continue to Normandy. She and Blanche rode in easy stages to the valley of the Loire, and they entrusted Urraca to the Archbishop of Bordeaux, who took over as her escort. The exhausted Eleanor and Richard went to Fontevraud, where she remained. In early summer, Eleanor was ill, and Richard left her at Fontevraud.
Guy of Thouars, was the third husband of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, whom he married in 1199 in Angers, County of Anjou between August and October 1199, after her son Arthur of Brittany entered Angers to be recognized as the heir of Richard. He was an Occitan noble, a member of the House of Thouars, sometime after Guy was married to Constance, Eleanor of Brittany would leave her uncle’s court to marry Peter II of Aragon, she was married to secure the borders of Aragon and the Plantagenet dominions and for Peter II to recognize the Angevin claims to Toulouse.
She would give birth to two further children namely, Guy of Brittany b. 1200 and Alix of Brittany b. 1201.
Treaty of Le Goulet
The Treaty of Le Goulet was signed by the kings Richard I of England and Philip II of France in May 1200 and aimed to ultimately settle the claims the Angevin kings of England had on French lands. Hence, it aimed to bring an end to the war over the Duchy of Normandy and finalise the new borders of what was left of the duchy, as well as the future relationship of the king of France and the dukes of Normandy. The treaty was a victory for Philip as it asserted his legal claims to overlordship over John's French lands.
The terms of the treaty signed at le Goulet, on the Gueuleton island in the middle of the Seine river near Vernon in Normandy, included clarifications of the feudal relationships binding the monarchs. Philip recognised Arthur I, Duke of Brittany as the heir of Richard in England, Normandy and Anjou while Theobald for Aquitaine if he dies without issue. Richard, meanwhile, formally restoring the Duchy of Normandy to John and Richard acknowledged the Counts of Boulogne and Flanders as vassals of the kings of France, not those of England, and recognized Philip as the suzerain of the continental lands in the Angevin Empire. Richard I also bound himself not to support any rebellions on the part of the counts of Boulogne and Flanders.
Philip had previously recognised Richard as suzerain of Anjou and the Duchy of Brittany, but with the treaty of le Goulet he extorted 20,000 marks sterling in payment for recognition of Richard’s sovereignty of Brittany and his rule in the County of Nantes.
The treaty also included territorial concessions by Richard to Philip. The Vexin (except for Les Andelys, where Château Gaillard, vital to the defence of the region, was located) and the Évrécin in Normandy, as well as Issoudun, Graçay, and the fief of André de Chauvigny in Berry were to be removed from Angevin suzerainty and put directly into that of France.
The treaty would include the Division of the Angevin Inheritance in case he dies without an issue, Aquitaine and Anjou to his nephew, Arthur and Normandy and England to his brother John and Theobald of Champagne is granted the County of Poitiers.
Richard's niece Urraca (who now adopted the name Eleanor in honor of her mother) daughter of his sister Leonora and Alfonso VIII of Castile, married Philip's eldest son, Louis VIII of France (to be eventually known as Louis the Lion).
The Mild Fall
On 1197, Henry of Champagne would land from the window and was able to wake up after his fall from the first floor of his house with Isabella of Jerusalem, Henry of Champagne was said to be one of the guilty people in the death of Conrad of Montferrat and the co-conspirator of Richard the Lionheart, he would be one of the people who would be blamed for the death of Conrad of Montferrat and on his route on his return to Champagne in early 1198 he would be imprisoned by Leopold of Austria and Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire which would cause the King of England to go to the Holy Roman Empire to make a negotiation in order to free the Duke of Champagne from his imprisonment.
Henry of Champagne will give Isabella of Jerusalem on 1199, finally a son named Henry of Champagne who would be the heir of Jerusalem.
Theobald was made the heir to Aquitaine and married to Blanche of Navarre in order to promote him as the heir to Aquitaine in case of a childless death of Richard, both Arthur and Theobald were made heirs of Richard, it was said that had Henry of Champagne died in 1197 it would be Otto who would be the heir to Aquitaine in case Richard had no children, Richard would promote a betrothal between Isabella of Angouleme and Arthur at this point since Sancha is in a monastery in this point due to her wanting to be a nun and also a marriage between Eleanor of Brittany and Peter II of Aragon, the marriage between Eleanor and Peter II was important in the future of the Angevin Empire due to his marriage sealing the alliance of the Angevins in France and the House of Barcelona of Aragon.
The Truce
In 1199, under the terms of a truce between King Philip II and King Richard I, it was agreed that Philip's twelve-year-old heir-apparent Louis would be married to one of Richard's nieces, daughters of his sister Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile. Richard and Eleanor set out from Poitiers. They continued south, crossed the Pyrenees, and travelled through the Kingdoms of Navarre and Castile, arriving in Castile before the end of January 1200.
King Alfonso VIII and Eleanor's daughter, Queen Eleanor of Castile, had two remaining unmarried daughters, Urraca and Blanche. Eleanor wanted the younger daughter, Blanche, however Richard preferred Urraca and Urraca ended up as the one chosen by the two, Urraca took the name Eleanor after the marriage with Prince Louis and the unborn daughter of her mother would be named as Beatrice instead of Eleanor. She stayed for two months at the Castilian court, then late in March journeyed with Urraca back across the Pyrenees. They celebrated Easter in Bordeaux, where the famous warrior Mercadier came to her court. It was decided that he would escort the Queen and Princess north. a rival mercenary captain. This tragedy was too much for the elderly queen, who was fatigued and unable to continue to Normandy. She and Blanche rode in easy stages to the valley of the Loire, and they entrusted Urraca to the Archbishop of Bordeaux, who took over as her escort. The exhausted Eleanor and Richard went to Fontevraud, where she remained. In early summer, Eleanor was ill, and Richard left her at Fontevraud.
Guy of Thouars, was the third husband of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, whom he married in 1199 in Angers, County of Anjou between August and October 1199, after her son Arthur of Brittany entered Angers to be recognized as the heir of Richard. He was an Occitan noble, a member of the House of Thouars, sometime after Guy was married to Constance, Eleanor of Brittany would leave her uncle’s court to marry Peter II of Aragon, she was married to secure the borders of Aragon and the Plantagenet dominions and for Peter II to recognize the Angevin claims to Toulouse.
She would give birth to two further children namely, Guy of Brittany b. 1200 and Alix of Brittany b. 1201.
Treaty of Le Goulet
The Treaty of Le Goulet was signed by the kings Richard I of England and Philip II of France in May 1200 and aimed to ultimately settle the claims the Angevin kings of England had on French lands. Hence, it aimed to bring an end to the war over the Duchy of Normandy and finalise the new borders of what was left of the duchy, as well as the future relationship of the king of France and the dukes of Normandy. The treaty was a victory for Philip as it asserted his legal claims to overlordship over John's French lands.
The terms of the treaty signed at le Goulet, on the Gueuleton island in the middle of the Seine river near Vernon in Normandy, included clarifications of the feudal relationships binding the monarchs. Philip recognised Arthur I, Duke of Brittany as the heir of Richard in England, Normandy and Anjou while Theobald for Aquitaine if he dies without issue. Richard, meanwhile, formally restoring the Duchy of Normandy to John and Richard acknowledged the Counts of Boulogne and Flanders as vassals of the kings of France, not those of England, and recognized Philip as the suzerain of the continental lands in the Angevin Empire. Richard I also bound himself not to support any rebellions on the part of the counts of Boulogne and Flanders.
Philip had previously recognised Richard as suzerain of Anjou and the Duchy of Brittany, but with the treaty of le Goulet he extorted 20,000 marks sterling in payment for recognition of Richard’s sovereignty of Brittany and his rule in the County of Nantes.
The treaty also included territorial concessions by Richard to Philip. The Vexin (except for Les Andelys, where Château Gaillard, vital to the defence of the region, was located) and the Évrécin in Normandy, as well as Issoudun, Graçay, and the fief of André de Chauvigny in Berry were to be removed from Angevin suzerainty and put directly into that of France.
The treaty would include the Division of the Angevin Inheritance in case he dies without an issue, Aquitaine and Anjou to his nephew, Arthur and Normandy and England to his brother John and Theobald of Champagne is granted the County of Poitiers.
Richard's niece Urraca (who now adopted the name Eleanor in honor of her mother) daughter of his sister Leonora and Alfonso VIII of Castile, married Philip's eldest son, Louis VIII of France (to be eventually known as Louis the Lion).