The Child-Widow’s Dowry Dispute
The Ætheling’s child-widow Matilda of Anjou had crossed on the fatal night with her father-in-law and thus survived.…
Fulk Offers Maine and Sibyl to the Clito
Fulk, regarding his ties with Henry as broken and pressed by Almeric of Montfort and King Louis of France, offered the hand of his second daughter Sibyl together with the county o…
Norman Baronial Conspiracy
The threatening alignment of France and Anjou provoked a Norman baronial conspiracy led by Almeric of Montfort and the young Count Waleran of Meulan, son of Henry’s old friend.…
Siege of Pontaudemer and Battle of Bourgthéroulde
Henry marched at once against Waleran’s castle of Pontaudemer and captured it after a six-week siege in which he laboured in the trenches alongside his men.…
The Emperor’s Threatened Invasion of France
Henry secured an ally in his son-in-law the Emperor Henry V, who in August 1124 threatened France with a German invasion. King Louis snatched the Oriflamme from S.…
Papal Annulment of Sibyl’s Marriage
Henry turned to Rome and, through threats, promises, and bribes, obtained a papal annulment of Sibyl’s marriage to the Clito on grounds of consanguinity—an objection equally appli…
Death of Emperor Henry V
The Clito’s prospects received a further blow at Christmas 1125 with the death of Emperor Henry V—fulfilling, it was said, the prophecy that any disturber of France brought face t…
Return of the Empress Matilda
The widowed Empress Matilda, the only surviving child of Henry I and Queen Matilda, was summoned home to her father’s court.…
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