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| Henry II (1154 - 1189) |
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1180 | Jun 28 |  Treaty of Gisors
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| | A non-aggression treaty signed between Philippe Augustus and Henry II. |
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| Sep 18 | Philippe Augustus takes the French throne
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| | Philippe II, Augustus succeeds to the French throne after the death of his father. |
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1185 | Jul | Treaty of Boves
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| | Signed by Philippe Augustus to ensure his authority over his vassals. |
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1187 | | Henry signs a peace treaty
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| | To avoid war with Philippe Augustus, after Philippe had taken Issousun, Henry II signed a peace treaty at Chateauroux. |
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| Richard I (1189 - 1199) |
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1190 | Jul 3 | Meeting at V?zelay
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| | Richard I and Philippe II, Augustus, met at V?zelay and agreed to divide the spoils of the Crusade equally between themselves. They planned to take different routes, Richard via Marseilles and Philippe via Genoa. Richard has around 100 ships at his disposal. Several were from the Cinque Ports, others from Shoreham and Southampton and others donated by private persons. Other ships were hired from ports in Normandy. Richard could have had a force of around 8000 men half of which could have had horses. |
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| Oct | Richard captured Messina
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| | The people of Messina, supporting Tancred, shut the gates on Richard and attacked his soldiers. In the harbour French ships turned against Richard as the friendship between Richard and Philippe had broken down because Philippe believed Richard was about to refuse to go through with his marriage to Alais, Philippe's half-sister. This was true as Richard had arranged a marriage to Berengaria of Navarre who was travelling to meet him. Richard's men stormed Messina and captured the town. Richard was lenient on the people of Messina and decided to build a fort overlooking the town. Tancred agreed to pay the money owed, freed Joan from prison and paid Richard a large amount of gold. Friendly relations were restored between Richard and Philippe when Richard agreed to split the gold with the French king. |
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| Dec 97 | Crusaders in Sicily
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| | Richard and Philippe stayed in Sicily over the winter months waiting for the weather to improve before continuing their journeys to the Holy Land. |
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1191 | Mar 30 | Philippe leaves Sicily
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| | The King of France set sail for the Holy Land a few days before Richard. |
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| Apr 20 | Philippe Augustus arrives in Acre
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| | Philippe Augustus landed in Acre in an attempt to remove Guy of Lusignan as the King of Jerusalem, and replace him with Conrad of Montferrat. |
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| May 11 | Meeting in Limassol
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| | Richard met Guy of Lusignan (King of Jerusalem), Geoffrey (Richard's brother), Bohemund (Prince of Antioch), Raymond (Count of Tripoli), Humphrey of Toron and other knights to discuss the attempt by Philippe II of France to replace Guy of Lusignan with Conrad of Monferrat as the King of Jerusalem. |
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1194 | Jul 3 | Richard defeats Philippe
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| | On his return from imprisonment, Richard declares war on Philippe Augustus and defeats him at Fretevel. All the French archives were destroyed in the battle which were being transported in a wagon behind the army. |
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| John (1199 - 1216) |
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1200 | May 22 | Philippe and John sign a treaty
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| | At le Goulet on the River Seine Philippe II signed a peace treaty with John providing two years of peace. The agreement recognised John as overlord of most of the English owned lands in France, but John had to give Philippe the lands of Norman Vexin and Evreux and a large sum of money. |
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1201 | Jun | Philippe entertains John in Paris
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| | Even though Philippe was hearing complaints from the Lusignans about John's treatment towards them, he was not willing to go against John at this time and entertained him in Paris. |
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1202 | Spring | Philippe sides with the Lusignans
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| | John charged the Lusignans with treason. The Lusignans went to Philippe for help and Philippe demanded to see John in Paris and for John to surrender several castles in good faith. |
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| Apr 28 | John fails to attend a summons to Philippe's court
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| | Failing to attend the court of Philippe II, John was declared to be a rebel and to have forfeited the areas of Aquitaine, Poitou and Anjou. Philippe tried to mediate in the problems between John and the Lusignans but was ignored by John. The lands were given to Arthur of Brittany. Philippe kept Normandy for himself. |
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| Jul | Arthur knighted
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| | Philippe of France knights Arthur of Britanny. |
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1204 | Spring | Peace negotiations with France
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| | After losing Normandy to the French, John sent an embassy to France to negotiate with Philippe. In the party that went from England were Hubert Walter and William Marshal. The negotiations failed due to Philippe's demands. |
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| Jun | Normandy is taken by Philippe
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| | Philippe II, King of France won control of Rouen, the capital of Normandy and Normandy itself. John still had control of Aquitaine. |
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1205 | Feb | Philippe plans invasion
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| | Philippe II of France held a meeting in Normandy to discuss invading England. This forced John to abandon his own plans of invading Normandy as he could not risk moving his army abroad when the French were about to attack. The planned French invasion never materialised. |
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| Summer | More castles fall to the French
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| | The castles at Chinon and Loches both fell to the French as Philippe strengthened his position. Again William Marshall travelled to see Philippe to agree peace terms, but his attempts were destroyed by Hubert Walter who sent a secret letter to Philippe telling him not to accept William Marshal's promise that John would do homage to Philippe. (What's going on here?) |
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1206 | Jun | John defends Aquitaine
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| | After Philippe failed to invade England the year earlier, John took to opportunity to land an army at La Rochelle to defend his interests in Aquitaine which was his from his inheritance from Eleanor of Aquitaine, John's mother. John moved his army north and took back some of the lands he had lost to Philippe. |
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| Oct 26 | Philippe and John reach a truce
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| | A two year truce is agreed between the Kings of England and France. |
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1213 | Spring | French plan invasion
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| | Because King John had been excommunicated by the Pope the French king, Philippe, had the right to invade England and remove John from the throne. Philippe wanted to put his son Louis in John's place. |
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1214 | Feb 2 | John sails for France
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| | John's conflict with Philippe of France started again with John's departure from Portsmouth. With him sailed his wife and second son, Richard. He also took a large amount of treasure. |
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| Jul 27 | Battle of Bouvines
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| | English forces under the control of Emperor Otto IV were defeated by Philip II of France. |
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1215 | | Colchester Castle occupied by the French
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| | An invasion force from France under direction of Philippe II, the king of France captured Colchester Castle. Their objective was to help the cause of the Baron's against king John. |
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| Henry III (1216 - 1272) |
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1223 | | Louis VIII becomes King of France
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| | Louis VIII became king of France, upon the death of his father Philippe Augustus. |
