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Season 1 | 20. A New Nemesis

This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

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The Battle of Geoffrey

In 1186 Geoffrey had been Duke of Brittany, a title he held through marriage to Constance. Philip claims that Geoffrey's daughters should be sent to him to look after by virtue of him being king. Also sounding off about the Vexan region in Normandy, which he says is his, not Henry's. And muttering dark threats about to lose, way down in the south of France, where Richard has been attacking the count for defying plantagenet authority. Then Philip mentions, in passing, that he's extremely unhappy that Richard hasn't yet married Alice, who's Philip's older half-sister. They've been engaged for nearly fifteen years, and it's a mystery

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