Angevin Dynasties of Europe 900-1500

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  marriage to Beatrice of Provence, 168–69

  count of Provence and Anjou, 169–70

  Crusades, 170-71, 184, 186, 199–202

  crowned King of Sicily, 185–86

  campaign against Manfred, 185–88

  marriage to Margaret of Burgundy, 191

  defeat and execution of Conradin, 191–97

  statue of, 198

  becomes King of Jerusalem, 204

  Sicilian Vespers, 206–11

  death, 211

  tomb, 211–12

  Charles of Calabria, son of Robert King of Sicily/Naples, 227–29

  Charles of Durazzo, son of John of Gravina/Durazzo, 243, 246–49, 266

  Charles of Valois, Count of Anjou, 210-11, 216, 235

  Charles Robert ‘Carobert’, King of Hungary, 215–16, 219–21, 238–41

  birth, 215

  coronation, 220-21

  marriages, 238–39

  and Dezső Hédervári, 240-41

  murder of Claire Záh, 241

  death, 242

  Charles V ‘the Wise’, King of France, 265–69

  Charles VI, King of France, 291–93, 296, 303

  Charles VII, King of France, 295–96, 304–09

  Chateau Gaillard, 134–35, 147–48

  chivalry, 104, 239, 254–55, 324–25

  Chrétien de Troyes, 65, 79, 85, 105, 109

  Clementia of Hapsburg, 205, 215, 221

  Clifford, Rosamund, 107–08

  Colleoni, Bartolomeo, 299

  Columbus, Christopher, 336

  Conrad, son of Frederick II, King of Sicily and Jerusalem, 175–77

  Conradin, heir to kingdom of Sicily, 176–77, 191–97

  Constance, daughter of Manfred, Queen of Aragon and Sicily, 206, 208–09

  Crécy, battle of, 261–64

  Crusades.

  First Crusade, 54–59;

  Second Crusade, 83–87;

  Third Crusade, 119–20, 122–32;

  Fourth Crusade, 149–55, 179–81, 206

  Albigensian Crusade, 157, 168–69

  Fifth (or ‘Damietta’) Crusade, 162

  Frederick II’s Crusade, 163–64

  Louis IX’s Crusade against Egypt, 170–73

  Charles of Anjou’s Crusade(s), 184, 195

  Louis IX’s Crusade against Tunis, 199–202

  Crusade against Aragon, 210, 212–13

  treatises proposing Crusades, 217–18

  and Robert the Wise, 231–32

  Nicopolis Crusade, 273, 287

  Baltic Crusades of Teutonic Knights, 284–85

  Dante (see Alighieri, Dante)

  ‘Dark Ages’, 20

  Dauphin, origin of term, 232; see also Charles VII

  Demille, Cecil B, 127

  Dracula, 288

  Edward I, King of England, 209–10, 214–15, 224

  Edward II, King of England, 261

  Edward III, King of England, 255, 261–69

  Edward IV, King of England, son of Richard ‘Plantagenet’, Duke of York, 321–23, 331–32

  Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III, 264–66, 268–69

  Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England, 66, 78–89, 105–06, 112, 140, 143–44, 148–49

  marriage to Louis VII, 81

  rumours of adultery, 84–85

  divorce from Louis VII, 87–89

  marriage to Henry II, 89

  and William Marshal, 105

  revolt and imprisonment, 106

  succession of King John, 140, 143–44

  death, 148–49

  Elisabeth, Queen of Hungary (wife of Louis the Great), Regent of Poland, 281–85

  Elisabeth, wife of Fulk Nerra, 35–36

  Exchequer, 95

  Ferry de Vaudemont, 309, 313, 315, 330

  feudalism, 21, 93, 141–43

  Fontevraud Abbey, 56, 79–80, 121, 167

  Frederick I ‘Barbarossa’, Holy Roman Emperor, 125–26

  Frederick II, King of Sicily and Jerusalem, Holy Roman Emperor, 161–64, 168, 174, 237

  Frederick III King of ‘Trinacria’/Sicily, 221

  Fulk I ‘the Red’, Count of Anjou, 25

  Fulk II ‘the Good’, Count of Anjou, 26

  Fulk III ‘Nerra’, Count of Anjou, 30-39

  meaning of name, 30

  reputation, 31, 34, 36–39

  battles, 31

  castles, 32–33

  pilgrimages, 33–34

  murder of first wife Elisabeth, 35–36

  tomb, 38

  Fulk IV ‘Réchin’, Count of Anjou, 48–55

  succession, 48–50

  reputation, 51–52

  marriage, 51–52, 55

  as author, 52

  meaning of name, 53

  shoes, 53–54

  and First Crusade, 54–55

  Fulk V ‘the Young’, Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, 30, 52, 60

  marriage to Melisende, 63–64

  death, 68

  Geoffrey I ‘Greymantle’, Count of Anjou, 28–29

  Geoffrey II ‘Martel’, Count of Anjou, 35–45

  name, 41

  annexation of Tours, 42

  and William the Conqueror, 43–44

  Geoffrey III ‘the Bearded’, Count of Anjou, 48–50, 53

  Geoffrey IV ‘Plantagenet’, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, 62, 64–65, 68–77, 84, 87–89, 92

  meaning of name, 69, 318

  and heraldry, 69–70

  knighting ceremony, 69–70

  marriage to Matilda, 71–72

  conquest of Normandy, 73, 76–77, 84

  death, 89

  Geoffrey Martel II, son of Fulk Réchin, 51–52, 61

  Geoffrey of Monmouth, 66, 82–83

  Geoffrey of Villehardouin, 150-55

  Geoffrey, Count of Brittany, son of Henry II, 109–12

  Gilles de Rais ‘Bluebeard’, 326–27

  Giovanna I and II, Queens of Sicily/Naples (see Johanna I and II)

  Godfrey of Bouillon, ‘Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre’, 56, 58–60

  Greece (Morea), 179–81, 190, 205, 217, 234–37

  Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, 117–18, 129–30

  Hattin, battle of, 119

  Hédervári, Dezső, 240-41

  Hedwig (see Jadwiga)

  Henry ‘the Young King’, son of Henry II, 100-110

  coronation, 100

  revolt against Henry II, 106

  death, 110

  Henry I, King of England, Duke of Normandy, 27, 61

  plans for succession, 62, 71–72

  death, 72

  Henry II, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, King of England, 77–78, 87–101, 106–14, 119–21

  invades England in civil war, 77–78

  marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, 89

  coronation, 91

  castles, 97

  and Thomas Becket, 99–101, 107

  revolt against, 106–07

  and Rosamund Clifford, 107–08

  plans for succession, 109–12, 119–21

  death, 121

  Henry III, King of England, Duke of Aquitaine, 160, 166–67, 176–78, 181–82

  Henry V, King of England, 293–96, 303

  Henry VI, King of England, King of France, 303, 312–13, 317–23, 332

  Henry VII of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, 225–26, 227, 229

  Herbert ‘Wake the Dog’, Count of Maine, 31–32

  Hohenschwangau, 192

  Hospitallers (Knights of St John), 64, 218, 258–59

  Hugh Capet, King of France, 28, 169

  Ingelgarius, 24

  Innocent III, Pope, 147, 159, 175

  Isabel of Anjou, daughter of Fulk V, 61–62

  Isabella of Angoulème, Queen of England, 142, 166–67

  Isabelle of Lorraine, Duchess of Lorraine, Queen of Sicily/Naples, first wife of King René, 303, 327

  Jadwiga (Hedwig), King of Poland, 282–87, 298

  crowned King o
f Poland, 284

  marriage to Jagiello, 285–86

  death, 286

  sainthood, 286–87

  Jagiello (Jogala), Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Poland, 285–86

  James IV of Majorca, 270-72

  Jean II ‘le Bon’/‘the Good’, Duke of Normandy, King of France, 262, 264–68

  Jean, Duke of Calabria and Lorraine, son of King René, 309, 327, 329–30

  Jeanne I and II, Queens of Sicily/Naples, Countesses of Provence (see Johanna I and II)

  Jeanne of Laval, Countess of Provence, Queen of Sicily/Naples, second wife of King René, 327–28, 334

  Joan of Arc, 305–7

  Johanna I, Queen of Sicily/Naples and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence, 241–57, 266, 270-72, 276–80

  marriage to Andrew of Hungary, 242

  succeeds to throne of Sicily/Naples, 243

  and Andrew’s murder, 244–50

  marriage to Louis of Taranto, 248

  marriage to James IV of Majorca, 270-72

  children, 247, 249, 251, 257, 270-71

  relationships with St Birgitta of Sweden and St Catherine of Siena, 272–73

  marriage to Otto of Brunswick, 276

  and Western Great Schism, 276–78

  imprisonment and murder, 278–79

  reputation, 279–80, 334

  Johanna II, Queen of Sicily/Naples and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence,

  marriages, 298–300

  reputation, 298–99

  coronation, 300

  adoptive heirs, 300-01

  death, 309–10

  John ‘Lackland’/‘Softsword’, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, 106, 111, 133, 138–49 155–60

  attempt to become lord of Ireland, 111

  succession, 139–42

  marriage to Isabella of Angoulème, 142–43

  murder of Arthur of Brittany, 146

  loss of Angevin Empire, 143–49, 156–59

  Magna Carta, 159–61

  death, 160

  John of Gravina/Durazzo, son of Charles II King of Sicily/Naples, 217, 226, 236

  becomes Duke of Durazzo, 236

  John of Procida, 206–09

  John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, 292–93, 296

  John XXII, Pope (Jacques Duèze), 226–31

  John, ‘Blind’ King of Bohemia, in Italy, 229–31 at the battle of Crécy, 263–64

  Josquin des Prez, 334

  knights, 21, 45, 69–70, 238

  Ladislas IV ‘the Cuman’, King of Hungary, 216

  Ladislas, King of Sicily/Naples, King of Hungary, 279, 283, 287–89, 297–98

  Leopold, Duke of Austria, 131–33

  Louis ‘the Great’, King of Hungary and Poland, 239, 242–43, 246–53, 273–76, 281–83

  birth, 239

  invasion of Naples, 248–50, 253, 273–74

  murder of Charles of Durazzo, 249

  crowned King of Hungary, 273

  crowned King of Poland, 275, 283

  plans for succession, 275, 281

  death, 281

  Louis I, Count/Duke of Anjou, 262, 265, 267, 276–79, 281

  adopted as heir to Sicily/Naples by Johanna I, 277–78

  invasion of Italy and death, 281

  Louis II, Duke of Anjou, King of Sicily/Naples, 281, 288–94, 297

  Louis III, Duke of Anjou, Duke of Calabria, 300-01

  Louis IX, Saint, King of France, 166–73, 181–83, 186, 189–91, 199–202

  Crusade against Egypt, 170-73

  Crusade against Tunis, 199–202

  canonization, 222

  Louis of Taranto, King of Sicily/Naples through marriage to Johanna I, 243–57

  marriage to Johanna I, 248

  coronation, 254

  chivalric order, 254–55

  death, 257

  Louis of Toulouse, Saint, 215, 217, 223, 226

  Louis VI ‘the Fat’, King of France, 80-81

  Louis VII, King of France, 81–90, 108–09 divorce from Eleanor of Aquitaine, 87–89

  Louis VIII, King of France, 159–61, 165–66

  invades England, 159–61

  creates apanages, 166

  Louis XI, King of France, 323, 330-31, 333

  Ludwig of Bavaria, Holy Roman Emperor, 227–29, 263

  Ludwig, ‘Mad’ King of Bavaria, 192, 197

  Magna Carta, 159–61

  Manfred, bastard son of Frederick II, King of Sicily, 175, 177–89

  Margaret of Anjou, daughter of King René, Queen of England, 313, 317–23, 331–33

  marriage to Henry VI, 313

  birth of her son Edward, 319

  defeat and capture, 332

  reputation, 332

  Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles of Anjou, Queen of Sicily, 191

  Margaret of Provence, wife of Louis IX, Queen of France, 171–72

  Maria, daughter of Charles of Calabria, sister of Queen Johanna I, 242–43, 254, 256–57, 272, 275, 279

  Maria, King of Hungary, 276, 281–83

  Marie of Hungary, wife of Charles II King of Sicily/Naples, 190, 214, 216–17

  Matilda, Empress, 62,

  marriage to Geoffrey Plantagenet, 71–72

  titles, 74

  civil war in England, 74–77

  death and epitaph, 115

  Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, 30-31

  marriage to Fulk V, 63–65

  as queen, 66–67

  psalter, 30-31, 67,

  death and tomb, 115

  Mercadier, 111, 136

  Michael Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor, 179–81, 204–07, 209

  Mongols, 190, 237–38

  Morea (see Greece)

  Nine Worthies, 59

  Normans/Normandy, 22–23, 40 46–47 expansion into Italy, 46–47

  Nur ed-Din, Emir of Syria, 86, 116–17

  Otto of Brunswick, 276, 278

  papacy, 47, 50, 223–24, 276–78

  Peter III, King of Aragon and Sicily, 206–10, 212

  Petrarch, Francesco, 20, 231, 233–34, 242, 245, 250

  Philip II ‘Augustus’, King of France, 99, 108–13, 119–20, 124–31, 139, 155–58 163

  birth, 99

  coronation, 108–10, 112

  relationship with Geoffrey of Brittany, 112

  relationship with Richard the Lionheart, 113, 128 disastrous marriage, 124–25

  Third Crusade, 125–31

  conquest of Normandy and Anjou, 143–49, 156–59

  death, 163

  Philip III, King of France, 200, 203, 208–10, 212–13

  Philip IV ‘le Bel’/‘the Handsome’, King of France, 215, 219, 224, 258–61

  Philip of Taranto, brother of Louis and Robert of Taranto, 256–57, 272

  Philip of Taranto, son of Charles II King of Sicily/Naples, 217, 221, 227, 235–36

  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, 296, 314

  Philip VI, King of France, Count of Valois, Count of Anjou, 229, 231–32, 261–65

  Pietro Morrone/Maiella, Saint, Pope Celestine V, 218–19

  Plantagenet (see also Geoffrey IV Plantagenet), meaning of, 69 use by Richard Duke of York, 318

  Poitiers, battle of, 265–66

  René II, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, 333–34, 337

  René, Duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, Count of Provence, King of Sicily/Naples and Jerusalem, King of Aragon, 301–17, 323–30, 333–37

  marriage to Isabelle of Lorraine, 303

  and Joan of Arc, 306–07

  becomes Duke of Bar and Lorraine, 308,

  imprisonment, 308–10

  becomes Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence, King of Sicily/Naples and Jerusalem, 309

  loss of Naples, 311

  culture and chivalry, 313–315, 323–25, 329

  as author, 325–29

  marriage to Jeanne of Laval, 327–28

  as painter, 335

  death and tomb, 336

  Richard ‘Plantagenet’, Duke of York, 318–22

  Rich
ard I ‘the Lionheart’, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou, Duke of Aquitaine, 109–13, 119–37

  relationship with Philip Augustus, 113, 128

  coronation, 123–24

  Third Crusade, 119, 122–32

  appearance, 128

  marriage, 127–28

  capture and imprisonment, 132–34

  as musician, 133–34

  Chateau Gaillard, 134–35

  death, 135–36

  reputation, 136

  Richard of Cornwall, brother of Henry III, King of the Romans, 168, 176–77, 181–82, 203

  Robert ‘Curthose’, eldest son of William the Conqueror, 51, 56, 61

  Robert ‘the Wise’, King of Sicily/Naples, King of Jerusalem, 27, 215–17, 219, 225–37, 242–43

  marriage to Yolanda of Aragon, 216

  becomes heir to throne of Naples, 219

  theological treatises, 227–28, 230-31

  and Crusades, 231–32

  cultural impact, 232–33

  death, 242

  succession, 243

  Robert Guiscard, 46–47

  Robert of Artois, brother of Louis IX and Charles of Anjou, 166–68, 171

  Robert of Gloucester, bastard son of Henry I, 74, 76–77

  Robert of Taranto, 247–49, 257

  Roger of Lauria, 209–12

  Rudolf of Habsburg, 203–05, 209

  Sainte Chapelle, 154

  Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Emir of Syria, 116–19

  Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, 129–30

  Sicilian Vespers, 206–11

  Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, Holy Roman Emperor, 282–84, 287–88, 295–96, 308

  marriage to Maria King of Hungary, 282

  crowned King of Hungary, 283

  Nicopolis Crusade, 287

  Order of the Dragon, 288

  Hundred Years War, 295–96

  Song of Roland, 28–29

  Stephen of Blois, King of England, 71, 73–76, 90-91

  and the White Ship, 62

  civil war in England, 73–76

  capture, 74

  lack of ruthlessness, 78

  recognition of Henry II as heir, 90-91

  Šubić, Juraj, 220

  Šubić, Mladen II, Count of Zara, 240

  Šubić, Pavao, ban of Croatia, 220, 240

  Székesfehérvár, 220-21

  Tagliacozzo, battle of, 193–96

  Templars, 64, 218, 258–60

  Teutonic Knights, 149, 258–59, 284–86

  Torquatius/Tortulf, 23–24

  tournaments, 45, 102–105, 195, 239, 314–15, 325–26

  Tours, 25–26 42

  Urban II, Pope, 55

  Wenceslas III of Bohemia, 220-21

  White Ship disaster, 62

  William Aetheling, son of Henry I, 61–62

 

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