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- Geoffrey and Richard remained at loggerheads about land and position as Henry did not establish any of his sons as heir apparent. Geoffrey, perhaps recognising the importance of strong allies, became friends with the French King Philip Augustus (Louis VII’s son). Philip made him a senschal of France.
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Geoffrey, perhaps recognising the importance of strong allies, became friends with the French King Philip Augustus (Louis VII’s son). Philip made him a senschal of France. He died on the 19th August in Paris as the result of an accident that occurred during a tournament.
He was at Paris plotting with King Philip Augustus of France when he was trampled to death in a tournament accident. Contemporary historians disliked him.
Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks ( Latin : rex Francorum ), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France" ( rex Francie ).
Geoffrey had a close relationship with the wily Philip Augustus of France, the heir to the French throne and joined in alliance with him on several occasions against his father, Henry II. Geoffrey spent much time at Philip's court in Paris, and Philip made him his seneschal.
Jul 14, 2020 · At first, Philippe used the fact that John’s right to the throne could be contested by Arthur of Brittany, the son of John’s late elder brother Geoffrey. However, later it became more beneficial for France to come to terms with John by signing the Treaty of Le Goulet of 1200.
Philip II was the first of the great Capetian kings of medieval France (reigned 1180–1223), who gradually reconquered the French territories held by the kings of England and also furthered the royal domains northward into Flanders and southward into Languedoc. He was a major figure in the Third.
