Timeline (A Kingdom for Sale)

This timeline is an overview of all the major historical events in the A Kingdom for Sale scenario. Please note that this mainly focuses on the areas affected by the POD, and events in other areas are assumed to have happened as they did in OTL.

1090s
1095: 'The Crusade' is called by Pope Urban II, calling for anyone who can fight against the Muslims in the name of taking back the Holy Land.

1096: The People's Crusade fails, but is followed by the Princes's Crusade, which arrives at Constantinople.

1097: The Crusade takes Nicaea.

1098: The Crusaders are defeated at Antioch, ending the Crusade in favor of the Crusaders.

1100s
1100: King William II of Normandy dies in a hunting accident. His elder brother, Robert, Duke of Normandy, becomes King Robert I.

1108: King Robert I of England fails to swear fealty to King Louis VI of France as the Duke of Normandy.The two kings raise troops against each other, starting the First War for Normandy. Louis wins, forcing Robert to abdicate the Duchy of Normandy to his son, Duke William III, who swears fealty to Louis. Robert's younger brother, Henry, rebels against Robert, starting the English Brothers' War. Henry marries his daughter, Matilda, to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V for support in the war.

1110s
1110: King Robert I of England is defeated in the English Brothers' War, and flees to France. Henry is crowned King Henry I of England. Henry demands King Louis VI of France to force Duke William III of Normandy to renounce his succession to the English throne. Louis refuses, starting the Second War for Normandy.

1111: Second War for Normandy ends. Duchy of Normandy becomes independent under Duke William III. The Duke of Brittany, Duke of Anjou, and other French lords rise up against King Louis VI of France.

1113: The French rebels, in alliance with King Henry I of England, force King Louis VI of France to retract his overlordship of Brittany.

1115: King Henry I of England proposes for his son and heir, William Adelin, to become the heir of Duke William III of Normandy. In return, upon receiving the Duchy, William Adelin would then swear fealty to King Louis VI of France. Louis accepted, but only if William Adelin were to renounce his succession rights to the English crown. The two sides came to blows, starting the Third War for Normandy.

1117: King Henry I of England is wounded and incapacitated by a plot engineered by Norman barons, ending the Third War for Normandy. Expected to die, the War of English Succession would begin over who Henry's heir would be. William Adelin was supported by the English nobles, while King Louis VI of France supported Duke William III of Normandy. However, many French lords, headed by Count Stephen II of Blois, supported Stephen's son and closest adult heir to Henry: Theobald of Blois.

1118: Holy Roman Emperor Henry V invades France, defeating King Louis VI of France, and proclaiming himself Emperor of the Franks. Louis flees to Normandy, and assumes the regency for Duke William III of Normandy. Henry forces Louis to make peace with him. Robert de Normandie, former King of England, is captured by Henry, ransomed to the English, and executed. The West Francian Empire is formed under Duke Conan III of Brittany, who marries his only daughter, Bertha, to the son and heir of Duke William IX of Aquitaine, William of Poiters.

1119: King Henry I of England miraculously recovers from his wound. The War of the English Succession is ended. Henry marries William Adelin to Count Fulk V of Anjou, who rises in revolt against Conan, winning his indpendence. Louis, Regent of Normandy, attacks Henry, but is defeated and captured. Duke William III of Normandy flees and is replaced by William Adelin, who becomes Duke William IV of Normandy. Louis was ransomed to Holy Roman Emperor Henry V and executed. His only son and child, Phillip, was captured by Emperor Conan I of West Francia.

1120s
1120: Duke William IV of Normandy drowns in the English Channel. The former duke of Normandy, William de Normandie, allies with Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, and retakes Normandy. Henry, however, is racked with revolts in Germany. Emperor Conan I of West Francia invades East Francia, hoping to install Phillip Capet as King. Conan is supported by King Henry I of Normandy.

1121: Holy Roman Emperor Henry V is forced to abandon France. Duke William III of Normandy flees to Flanders and is replaced by King Henry I of England as Duke. Phillip Capet becomes the new King of France as Phillip II, who becomes a puppet ruler to Emperor Conan I of West Francia. The West Francian Empire is dissolved. Henry attempts to put down a rebellion in Wales, but is killed in battle. William de Normandie is supported by Count Fulk V of Anjou as the next King, however, Count Stephen II of Blois supports Theobald of Blois instead. Stephen wins Conan's support via a large payment of money, and a promise that Theobald would swear fealty to Phillip as Duke of Normandy. William is chased to England, and Theobald becomes Duke of Normandy. William becomes King William III, immediately paying off Conan for peace, and declaring his protection of Anjou.

1124: Holy Roman Emperor Henry V invades France again with the support of French nobles. He brings with him the supposes posthumous son of Louis VI of France, also named Louis. Duke Conan III of Brittany defeats the invasion, but King William III of England invites Louis to England. William invades Normandy, forcing Count Theobald II of Blois to swear fealty to King Phillip II of France for help from Conan.