Everything about The Treaty Of Le Goulet totally explained
The
Treaty of Le Goulet was signed by the kings
John of England and
Philip II of France in May
1200. It concerned bringing an end to the war over the
Duchy of Normandy and finalising the new borders of what was left of the duchy. The treaty was a victory for Philip in asserting his legal claims to overlordship over John's French lands.
The terms of the treaty signed at
Le Goulet included clarifications of the
feudal relationships binding the monarchs. Philip recognised John as
King of England as heir of his brother
Richard I and thus formally abandoned any support for
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, the son of John's other older brother,
Geoffrey II of Brittany. John, meanwhile, recognised the
Counts of Boulogne and
Flanders as vassal of France, not England, and recognised Philip as the suzerain of continental possessions of the
Angevin Empire. John bound himself not to support any rebellions on the part of the counts of Boulogne and Flanders. Philip had previously recognised John as suzerain of
Anjou and the
Duchy of Brittany, but with the treaty of Le Goulet he extorted 20,000
marks
sterling in payment for recognition of John's sovereignty of Brittany. The king of England bound himself in all ways as a vassal to his lord. He was required to obey summons, support his lord in war with troops or money, and to make payments of special feudal dues never before exacted from his lands.
One territory of John's wasn't included in the treaty. The
Duchy of Aquitaine was still held by John only as heir to his still-living mother
Eleanor. The treaty was sealed with a marriage alliance between the
Plantagenet and
Capetian dynasties. John's niece
Blanche, daughter of his sister
Leonora and
Alfonso VIII of Castile, married Philip's eldest son,
Louis the Lion, the future Louis VIII. The marriage alliance did nothing, however, except assure a strong regent for the minority of
Louis IX. Philip declared John deposed from his fiefs for failure to obey a summons in
1202 and war broke out again.
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