A Royal Son: Geoffrey, duke of Brittany

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Of the four sons of King Henry II of England and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine who lived to adulthood, only one was never called king. In this episode we look at the life of Geoffrey, duke of Brittany, including why he has a reputation for being conniving and the fates of the children he left behind. 

​Host: Christine

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Further Reading
J.A. Everard, Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203, Cambridge University Press (2000).

John Gillingham, Richard I, Yale University Press, (2002).

Michael Jones, “Geoffrey, duke of Brittany (1158-1186), prince,” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004).

Matthew Strickland, Henry the Young King, 1155-1183, Yale University Press, (2016).

W.L. Warren, Henry II, University of California Press, (1973).

--, King John, University of California Press, (1978).

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A Royal Son: Henry the Young King

The Greatest Knight: William Marshal, Parts I and II

Henry II and Thomas Becket, Parts I and II

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)