H2 LEAD UP TO THE GREAT REBELLION

Question 1

1153

Answer 1

H2 grants Staffordshire to Ranulf of Chester

Question 2

1153, December

Answer 2

Ranulf of Chester dies; H2 grants his son Hugh of Chester only the lands that Ranulf held in 1153 (no Staffordshire)

Question 3

1155

Answer 3

H2 confiscates lands from William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby

Question 4

1157

Answer 4

H2 marches against Hugh Bigod to receive his submission

Question 5

1160, 2 November

Answer 5

Henry the Young is betrothed to Margaret of France, Louis VII’s daughter, with the Vexin as a dowry on their marriage

Question 6

1166

Answer 6

H2 deposes Duke Conan of Brittany, and betroths his infant daughter Constance to his son Geoffrey, then takes the duchy in his son’s name

Question 7

1166, 24 December

Answer 7

John is born in Oxford

Question 8

1167

Answer 8

Eleanor is dispatched to assert control over Acquitaine, taking Richard with her as presumed heir

Question 9

1169

Answer 9

Richard is recognised as Count of Poitou and heir to his mother’s duchy

Question 10

1169, 6 January

Answer 10

Treaty of Montmirail; H2 and Louis VII agree that Henry the Young should hold Normandy, Anjou, Maine and Brittany directly from Louis VII, and that Richard would marry Louis VII’s daughter Alice, and hold Acquitaine directly from Louis VII, and Geoffrey hold Brittany from HtY

Question 11

1169, & January

Answer 11

Both sons, Richard and John then perform homage to Louis VII

Question 12

1169, May

Answer 12

Geoffrey secures the support of the French barons

Question 13

1170, 14 June

Answer 13

Henry the Young is crowned by Roger of York at Westminster

Question 14

1171

Answer 14

H2 launches an investigation into lands in Normandy that had belonged to HI, and began to reclaim them, reducing the power and independence of barons in the border regions especially

Question 15

1172

Answer 15

H2 institutes a version of the Carta Baronum in Normandy, leading to tensions

Question 16

1172, June

Answer 16

Richard is formally recognised as the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou when he was granted the lance and banner, emblems of his office; in Poitiers and was repeated in Limoges, where he wore the ring of St Valerie

Question 17

1172, 27 August

Answer 17

Henry the Young is formally married to Margaret of France, and crowned again, in Winchester Cathedral, by Rotrou, archbishop of Rouen – pushed forward by H2 to gain the Vexin

Question 18

1172

Answer 18

H2 and Count Humbert of Savoy arrange a marriage treaty between John and Humbert’s daughter, possibly providing John with land in the Savoy

Question 19

1173, February

Answer 19

The Count of Toulouse finally performs homage, but first to H2 before Richard despite Toulouse being part of Acquitaine

Question 20

1173, February

Answer 20

Humbert demands that John be suitably endowed with French possessions in order to marry his daughter; H2 grants John three castles, Chinon in Touraine, and Mirebeau and Loudon in Poitou

Question 21

1173, February

Answer 21

Henry the Young is outraged that his six-year-old brother is granted three castles when he did not control any castles, especially as he is eighteen and the crowned King of England and acknowledged lord of Normandy, Anjou, Maine and Touraine; Henry the Young demands of H2 that he be given practical authority over some territories; H2 refuses