Historique du Royaume de France

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Part II: Duc Hugues de Champagne's Term as Seneschal, 1095 - 1110


   The Great Houses of the Realm

The Duchy of Aquitaine

The Duchy of Bourgogne

The Duchy of Bretagne

The Duchy of Lorraine

The Order of the Fleur de Lys

   The Venues of the Realm

La Taverne

   1095 continued

The Second Session of the Conseil du Royaume opens. Captain Gaspard de Neufville and Duc Hugues de Champagne are the candidates for Seneschal.

In a shocking, to some, twist, King Philippe disqualifies Gaspard from running and joins the contest.

Voting on Legislation and the Election for Seneschal at the First Conseil Session.

The Election for Seneschal ends in a tie. A second vote occurs.

   1096

Hugues defends the Moselle ford.

The Seneschal's report: A German attack at the Moselle ford is repulsed. Imperial forces, including the new Kaiser, converge southeast of Frankfurt.

Prince Henri is discontented.

Gaeten is offered redemption.

Whispers in the Dark

Prince Henri contemplates his next move.

Bertin and the Third Estate

The Judgemental Prince

The Phallocentric Prince

The Conseil discusses recruitment and mercenaries.

   1098

Prince Louis is attacked by multiple waves of Germans west of Bern.

The Seneschal's report: Prince Louis's incursion near Bern is pushed back. Kaiser Maximillian is now east of Frankfurt. The Germans reject a peace offer. Negotiations with England will be handled by a more skilled diplomat.

The Conseil debates peace offers to the Empire.

The Prodigal Knight returns to the Conseil.

King Philippe attacks Kaiser Maximillian east of Frankfurt.

   1099

The Seneschal's report: England and Scotland are at war, as are Milan and Venice. The Rhine is quiet. Negotiations begin anew with the English.

The Conseil argues over whether to negotiate or war with England.

   1101

The Seneschal's report: Princess Constance marries Barbus Selvo. Valencia and Caernarvon are exchanged for Caen. The English are excommunicated. The Realm's standing with the Pope is excellent.

Deathbed Confession

King Philippe and Duc Alain seek détente as the the Conseil begins debating a response to the excommunication of the English.

The King calls for a Crusade.

The Seneschal objects and subsequently calls for an Emergency Session.

Prince Louis seconds the call, and an Emergency Session begins.

Let Us Hope for Sobriety

Voting on Legislation at the First Emergency Session.

The Seneschal's Emergency report: There is currently no state of war with England. A Crusade has not been called at the present time. An addendum to the report: Edict E1.3b has passed, there will be a Crusade against London soon.

Prince Henri encamps in the east.

   1102

Duc Hugues destroys a German assault in the second Battle of Staufen.

The Seneschal's report: A German attack is crushed near Staufen. The Moors declare war on France. The Holy Roman Empire is excommunicated.

The Conseil is jarred by the new developments.

Undaunted, King Philippe declares war on the English.

   1104

The Seneschal's report: Staufen is taken. Angers and Bordeaux are besieged.

Mercenary Musings

Prince Henri attacks the Germans east of Frankfurt and faces the latest Kaiser.

Prince Louis crushes and ransoms the Jihad army of Sultan Tahar.

   1105

The Seneschal's preliminary and regular report: The Jihad on Baghdad is succesful, leaving two Moorish armies threatening the realm. The siege of Pamplona is repulsed and the English heavily reinforce. Nuremburg and Bern are besieged. Valencia and Bordeaux are taken.

The new threat causes tempers to flare in the Conseil.

Prince Henri considers his next move.

   1107

The Seneschal's report: Nuremburg and Angers are taken. The Germans threaten Antwerp. King William flees to York. The Moors move into Italy.

   1108

The Seneschal's report: Pamplona is taken and the Germans repulsed near Magdeburg. Antwerp and Bern are threatened.

Captain de Montpierre and the Order attack the English at the Battle of Shrewsburry-upon-Tyne.

Prince Henri engages the Germans outside Magdeburg in the Battle of Botersheim Forest.

   1110

The Seneschal's report: York and Nottingham are taken. King William is killed. Hamburg is besieged. The last English army on the continent is destroyed. The Germans retreat from Antwerp.

A Suitable Fiance

The King distributes lands from the Royal Demesne: Bordeaux to Aquitaine, Bern to Bourgogne, Angers to Bretagne and Staufen to Lorraine.

The Seneschal's end of Term report: London is taken. Both the English and the Empire reject peace.