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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 17, 2023 19:19:09 GMT
The birth of the Lion’s daughter
On the beginning of 1200, Berengaria would reveal herself to be pregnant, and Eleanor of Aquitaine would decide to delay her journey to Castile which would result it not happening and Berengaria would give birth to a bouncing baby girl in the beginning of the summer.
Berengaria would name her daughter, Eleanor, after her grandmother, Eleanor is the daughter of Richard I as Richard I did not know about Berengaria’s pregnancy when he died, England went to John, Eleanor is made the heiress of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Aquitaine although Anjou, Touraine, and Maine would go to Arthur I of Brittany while Normandy would become the dowry of Eleanor of Brittany to the future Louis VIII.
Ultimately the journey of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Castile was scrapped as Eleanor of Brittany is made the bride of Louis the Lion of France for the Treaty of Le Goulet in 1200 as Eleanor of Aquitaine decided to delay her journey which would result in it being scrapped it completely.
King John would remarry to Maria of Brabant, scrapping her betrothal to King John’s nephew, Otto to strengthen his hold into England while Normandy was made into the dowry of Eleanor of Brittany in the Treaty of Le Goulet.
Eleanor would be proposed as the bride of Philip of France, the son of Louis VIII and Eleanor of Brittany who died in childhood and Henry III of England, but none of those marriages happened as Berengaria was against those planned marriages, instead, she would marry Theobald IV of Champagne, the son of her aunt, Blanche of Navarre, her double first cousin to unite their succession claims as both had agreed that they wanted that their children married.
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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 17, 2023 19:19:48 GMT
The eligible bride
On 1204, Eleanor of Aquitaine would lay in her death bed and her grand daughter and namesake, Eleanor II of Aquitaine would inherit Aquitaine herself, she was just four in this time, Arthur I of Brittany, the brother of the French Queen would bid for her hand although the King of France, Philip II has other plans and wants Arthur I to marry his daughter, Mary and Eleanor to a second son of his, Arthur would end up marrying Mary and Philip II shifted his betrothal plans for Eleanor to his first grandson when he was born.
On 1205, the birth of the first son and second child for Eleanor of Brittany and Prince Louis of France, baptized Philip would happen and Philip II would advance the hand of Eleanor II, Duchess of Aquitaine for his grandson Philip, but Berengaria of Navarre would deny it, the same thing would happen as well after the birth of Prince Henry of England in 1207 which also ended up with being rejected by the English Queen Dowager and she would settle in a betrothal with Theobald IV of Champagne as she wanted it from the beginning and she visited her sister in Champagne in 1210, she believes that a marriage between the her nephew and her daughter will unite their claims.
On 1216, some of the population has issues with King John but the only alternative to him is a woman and the heiress presumptive of Navarre which would strengthen his own claims to the throne.
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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 17, 2023 20:15:57 GMT
The fate of the two Breton siblings
The marriage of Eleanor of Brittany and Louis VIII would be blessed as Eleanor of Brittany would provide her husband, Louis VIII of many children and the two would have many children but only a handful of the boys that she gave birth would survive adulthood and she would have two long lived daughters, Constance(1204) and Isabella(1222).
She gave birth to many sons, namely, Philip(1205-1216), Geoffroy(1210-1210), Louis IX(1214-1250), Robert(1216-1220), Charles(1220-), and Henry(1223-), only three sons, Louis IX, Charles(later Charles IV) and Henry survived to adulthood which ruined her father in law’s plans but Constance would prove to be useful for Philip II as she would be used as a pawn for her grandfather whether in Castile, Denmark, or Scotland and she would end up as the bride of the King of Castile in 1220 while her sister, Isabella would decide to enter a monastic life and ended up as a saint the same is for her brother Louis who refused to marry as long as he lived.
On 1212, Philip II would have his daughter, Mary marry Arthur, Duke of Brittany who is also the Count of Touraine and Anjou which would result in two sons namely Geoffroy III, Duke of Brittany b. 1217, Arthur of Brittany b. 1223 d. 1223, and Fulk of Brittany, Count of Touraine and Anjou b. 1226.
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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 21, 2023 6:56:38 GMT
The grand marriage
On 1215, the marriage between Theobald IV of Champagne and Eleanor II of Aquitaine would happen and there would no longer any protest by the King of France as the pope would decide not to grant any dispensation for a possible marriage between his grandson, Philip and Eleanor II, Prince Louis would also be angered by this marriage as well.
Theobald IV and Eleanor II of Aquitaine’s marriage would prove to be fruitful even if the marriage would only prove to be political and he had an affair with Blanca de Castile, the mother of Alfonso X of Leon(1212) who is her son with Infante Ferdinand who predeceased his father, Blanca was Alfonso X’s regent when Alfonso X is away, and the marriage of Theobald IV with Eleanor II is the only reason why Blanca and Theobald IV met and that was after Theobald IV of Champagne and Eleanor I of Navarre succeeded Sancho VII as Theobald I and Eleanor I of Navarre.
The children of Theobald IV of Champagne and Eleanor I of Navarre:
Eleanor of Navarre b. 1221
Blanca of Navarre b. 1225 m. Geoffroy III of Brittany
Theobald II of Navarre b. 1233 d. 1270
Henry I of Navarre b. 1236
Berengaria of Navarre b. 1240
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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 21, 2023 7:12:43 GMT
Inheriting Navarre
On 1234, the Great Sancho VII would die without issue and the great land owner, Eleanor II of Aquitaine and her husband, Theobald IV of Champagne would inherit Navarre increasing the land owned by the couple with the Navarrese inheritance, Eleanor of Brittany and her son, Louis IX would not be that much thrilled about the inheritance of Navarre.
Just after the inheritance, Eleanor I of Navarre and Theobald I of Navarre would marry their daughter, Eleanor of Navarre to Alfonso X of Leon where Theobald I of Navarre would start to have an affair with Blanca of Castille, but Eleanor I of Navarre and Theobald I of Navarre would continue to be dutiful in their union that they would have two further children, Henry and Berengaria(Berenguela).
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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 23, 2023 8:08:36 GMT
Maria of Brabant
On 1204, John of England would marry Maria of Brabant, he had his other Niece, Eleanor of Brittany marry Louis VIII as a condition for the delayed Treaty of Le Goulet with Normandy as the dowry of Eleanor and the partition of the Angevin Continental possessions between Eleanor II of Aquitaine and Arthur I of Brittany would be the terms of the Treaty of Le Goulet although John would change his own strategy against Arthur which is supporting Philip II on preventing a marriage between Arthur and the young Eleanor.
Innocent III would be against the marriage of either the young Philip of France or Henry of England with Eleanor II of Aquitaine knowing that it would further strengthen the powers of the French or the English nor would Berengaria would want to marry Eleanor to a Lusignan or Thouars and instead supported Queen Berengaria in marrying her daughter to Theobald IV as he is a loyal French subject and he has a claim to Navarre and this would consolidate their claims to Navarre so Innocent III granted dispensation for that match.
Children of John of England and Maria of Brabant
Henry b. 1207
Richard b. 1209
Joan b. 1210
Mary b. 1214
Ida b. 1215
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Post by kasumigenx on Dec 25, 2023 21:35:55 GMT
English-Hohenstauffen marriages and the Boulogne inheritance
On 1216, Maria of Brabant, seeing that her brother had already married a daughter of the Swabian German King, Philip II sought a match between Elizabeth of Swabia and Henry III, a possible match between the Castilian King and Elizabeth of Swabia was dashed due to the marriage of the Castilian King and Constance of France, this would end up with a marriage between Elizabeth of Swabia and Henry III.
On 1235, after the death of Isabella II of Jerusalem, her husband, Frederick II of HRE would remarry to Mary of England where she would be accompanied by her mother, Maria of Brabant, a sister of Henry III of England who would end up as the third bride of Frederick II and the one that would end up surviving Frederick II and Mary of England would help the bid of her brother, Richard as the Holy Roman Emperor after there were no suitable and of age Hohenstauffens after the death of Conrad of Germany.
Mary of Brabant would be willed of Boulogne by her cousin, Matilda II of Boulogne and inherited it on 1260 after none of her children had survived and had issue, Maria of Brabant would die on 1265 with her son Henry III inheriting Boulogne.
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