Kingdom of England (Angevin Empire)
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England became part of the Angevin Empire, a composite state, when the Angevin Henry II ascended to the throne.
Establishment
December 1154: Stephen of England recognised Henry of Anjou as his heir. Stephen died the next year and Henry ascended the throne as Henry II, the first Angevin king of England.
Chronology
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Was a war of Normandy and England (which were in personal union) against the Kingdom of France. The English possessions in northern France wer lost to the French.
August 1202: Battle of Mirebeau.
September 1203: The Siege of Château Gaillard in 1203 was a military action led by King Philip II of France against King John of England. Château Gaillard was a strategically important castle in Normandy, France, built by Richard the Lionheart. After a lengthy siege, the French forces were able to capture the castle, marking a significant victory for the Kingdom of France in the ongoing conflict with England.
March 1204: The Siege of Château Gaillard in 1204 was a military action led by King Philip II of France against King John of England. The fortress was eventually captured, leading to the territory falling under the control of the Kingdom of France.
September 1204: French conquest of Normandy.
January 1205: French forces advanced south to occupy Anjou and Poitou.
January 1158: The Earldom of Northumberland was briefly held by the Scottish royal family by marriage between 1139-1157. In 1157 it was given back to England.
January 1213: From 1206 to 1212, Philip Augustus of France strove to strengthen his territorial conquests. Capetian domination was accepted in Champagne, Brittany, and Auvergne, but the counties of Boulogne and Flanders remain reluctant.
Disestablishment
January 1225: Louis VIII later claimed that the English court had not fulfilled all the conditions of the treaty of 1217. Taking advantage of the minority of Henry III, he decided to seize the last English possessions in France. Aquitaine was taken, the cities of the region falling one after the other: Poitou, Saintonge, Périgord, Angoumois, and part of Bordeaux. Louis VIII seized all territory as far as the Garonne, in a quick campaign. To control the trade of the region, the French laid siege to the strategic port city of La Rochelle in 1224, and after a few military confrontations between the English garrison and Louis' forces, the city surrendered within a month. The remaining possessions held by the English king were Bordeaux and Gascony.
January 1225: End of the Angevin Empire.
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