King John And Normandy Flashcards
Who did Richard name as his successor on his death bed? Who had he named previously in the treaty of messina? Who has better claim
- John (33)
- Arthur (12)
- uncertainty over who has stronger claim - either young brother of dead king known as the cadet or child of dead older brother known as the representative
When did Richard die? Where was John when he found out?
- 6th April 1199
- John was visiting Arthur in brittany
Which places supported Arthur? Who did Arthur do homage to
Anjour, Maine, touraine and brittany
He did homage to Phillip
What did John do immediately after learning about Richards death?
- He sent marshal and Walter to England in order to preserve the peace and also to make sure the Bishops were on John’s side
- whilst he rode to chinon to seize the angevin treasury
- also secured castles at loches and chinon - strategic importance in terms of control over the loire Valley
- just a week after driven back to Normandy by forces loyal to Arthur
What did Arthur and his mother do after John was driven to Normandy? What was Phillip doing? What was a huge threat?
Descended upon Angers leading an army of Bretons
- Whilst Phillip- acting on pretext that as feudal overlord had the right to intervene in succession dispute - launched attack on Evereux region
- simultaneously lent support to assaults on le mans and tours
- suddenly a real threat that angevin ‘empire’ would be snapped in two. Fracturing along the line of the loire Valley
What was John’s response to Arthur, his mother and Phillip’s actions? what town did john destroy the city walls of as it had let in phillip?
- realising he needed stronger authority to fight off threats - had himself invested as Duke in rouen April 1199
- razed castle + city walls of le mans in revenge for them transferring allegiance to arthur
where did john go once he had sorted normandy? how did this help him? who did he leave?
- crossed to england in may to be crowned
- left aimeri de thouars to attack tours in an attempt to capture arthur
what was eleanor doing to help john with the succession issue? what peaceful thing did john and phillip do?
- upon learning the death of richard sent a force into anjou led by mercardier
- in july renewed homage to phillip - ‘diplomatic masterstroke’ - removed justification for phillip’s intervention in aquitaine
- actions sufficient to bring phillip to negotiating table - 24 june truce arranged until august
how did the temporary truce help john?
- nearly 2 months to mature plans and increase forces
- when fighting was renewed advantage lay with john
who switched sides to john? why? how did it benefit him?
- william des roches
- claimed castle ballon was his - which phillip razed to the ground
- benefitted john as most powerful baron in anjou + in effect commander + chief of arthurian forces
- in return for being granted seneschal of anjou + le mans - offered to arrange settlement between bretons + john and give arthur and his mother as prisoners
when was le goulet?
- may 1200
how did le goulet put john in a good position?
- phillip accepted johns succession to all the continental angevin territories - normandy, anjou + aquitaine
- arthur was to only have brittany and hold it as johns vassal
how did le goulet put phillip in a good position|?
- john had to acknowledge phillip as his overlord + accept he held his continental territories directly from him
- agreed to pay the substantial succession relief of 20,000 marks
- recognised french court as having supreme jurisdiction to resolve disputes between vassals
- flanders + boulogne allyship dissolved - now vassals of phillip
- phillip claimed evrecin and the vexin
