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The two kings finally met to clear the air and reached an agreement, including the end of Richard's betrothal to Philip's sister Alys ( who had supposedly been the mistress of Richard's father Henry II ).
Both arranged the betrothal of Bolesław's son Mieszko II Lambert with the Emperor's niece Richeza of Lotharingia.
* January – Henry II of England & Louis VII of France sign a peace treaty which includes the betrothal of their respective heirs, twelve year-old Richard I of England & nine year-old Alys, Countess of the Vexin.
Clement called Catherine's betrothal to Henry II of France | Henry of Orléans " the greatest match in the world ".
The treaty was sealed by the betrothal of Catherine's thirteen-year-old daughter Elisabeth to Philip II of Spain.
The events leading to her eventual betrothal to the Dauphin of France began in 1765, when her father, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, died of a stroke in August, leaving Maria Theresa to co-rule with her elder son and heir, the Emperor Joseph II.
The betrothal could not be celebrated openly, for Richard had been betrothed for many years to Princess Alys, sister of King Philip II of France.
Another was a crystal and gold posset set the Spanish Ambassador gave Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain as a betrothal gift.
In the time between his accession and the betrothal of his daughter, Ramiro II had already had to put down a rebellion of the nobles, and knowing himself not to be a war king, he passed royal authority to his son-in-law Ramon Berenguer on 13 November 1137.
For his aid Henry II insisted on the betrothal of Conan's only daughter and heiress Constance to Henry's son Geoffrey Plantagenet, continuing the policy of interweaving the Breton succession with the Plantagenet's succession.
Both arranged the betrothal of Bolesław's son Mieszko II Lambert with the Emperor's niece Richeza of Lotharingia.
Still his position remained most delicate, especially when the betrothal between the grand-duke Peter and Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst ( afterwards Catherine II ) took place against his will, and Elizabeth of Holstein, the mother of the bride, arrived in the Prussian interests to spy upon him.
Here was decided the betrothal of her youngest daughter Agnes with Mstislav II of Kiev, a scion of the Rurik Dynasty — in order to gain allies in a possible conflict — and the division of the Łęczyca lands between Salomea's sons upon her death.
To put down the unrest, the Duke appealed for help to Henry II, who, in return, demanded the betrothal of Conan ’ s only daughter and heiress Constance to Henry's son Geoffrey Plantagenet.
The broken betrothal caused a scandal, and Countess Clemence brought the issue before her brother Pope Calixtus II.
She was betrothed to Andrew, the third son of King Andrew II of Hungary in 1218, but the betrothal later broken in favor of a more advantageous Russian marriage of her bridegroom.

betrothal and Agnes
In 1425, Charles renewed his earlier betrothal by marrying Agnes of Burgundy ( 1407 – 1476 ), daughter of John the Fearless.

betrothal and France
The death of Henry's eldest son, Henry the Young King in June 1183 began a dispute over the dower of the widowed Margaret, who was Philip's sister, who insisted that it should be returned to France as the marriage did not produce any children, as per the betrothal agreement.
At the ceremony where Richard's betrothal was confirmed, he paid homage to the King of France for Aquitaine, thus securing ties of vassalage between the two.
But after Anne failed to produce a living son, Louis dissolved the betrothal and betrothed Claude to his heir presumptive, Francis of Angoulême, thereby insuring Brittany would remain united with France.
He headed further marriage negotiations, but when, in 1624, the betrothal to Henrietta Maria of France was announced, the choice of a Catholic was widely condemned.
The prospect of a reduced France surrounded on several sides was unacceptable to the Valois, and so the betrothal was soon canceled.
Styled Viscount de Lomagne while his father lived, John succeeded him as Count of Armagnac when he died ( 5 November 1450 ); soon later, he started a relationship with his sister Isabelle, Lady of the Four-Valleys ( Dame des Quatre-Vallées ), ten years his junior, whom the chronicler Mathieu d ' Escouchy accounted one of the great beauties of France and whose betrothal to Henry VI of England had been under consideration.

betrothal and daughter
The poem relates how Sigmund's son Helgi Hundingsbane agreed to take Sigrún daughter of Högni as his wife against her unwilling betrothal to Hodbrodd son of Granmar the king of Södermanland.
" At the instigation of the Devil ", Vortigern fell in love with Hengist's daughter and promised Hengist whatever he liked in exchange for her betrothal.
His Mansab was raised to Twelve Thousand, in 1585, at the time of his betrothal to his cousin Manbhawati Bai, daughter of Bhagwant Das of Amber.
Book 7 ( beginning the Iliadic half ) opens with an address to the muse and recounts Aeneas arrival in Italy and betrothal to Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus.
According to Orderic Vitalis, Harold was at some time betrothed to Adeliza, a daughter of William, Duke of Normandy, later William the Conqueror ; if so, the betrothal never led to marriage.
She gave birth to a son, Claudius Drusus, whose betrothal to a daughter of Sejanus instilled unfulfilled expectations in the prefect Claudius.
As Elizabeth's sons, the Princes in the Tower, were presumed murdered, the two women agreed on the betrothal of Margaret's son, Henry, to Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter of Edward IV.
In 1908, the story of Brock's betrothal to Sophia Shaw, the daughter of General Æneas Shaw was first published.
Additionally, Penman chronicles the life and character of Ellen, daughter of Simon to Montfort's and niece to Henry III ; her betrothal to Llewellyn ( negotiated prior to de Montfort's death ); and the conflict between Ellen and her cousin Edward, soon to become King Edward, who opposes the betrothal.
In 1949 the ' Hugin ' sailed from Denmark to Thanet to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the traditional landing of Hengist and Horsa and the betrothal of Hengist's daughter, Rowena, to king Vortigern of Kent.
Jakob's eldest son, Ulrich, took over the business on his father's death, and in 1473 he provided new suits of clothes to Frederick, his son Maximilian I, and his suite on their journey to Trier to meet Charles the Bold of Burgundy and the betrothal of the young prince to Charles's daughter Maria.
The man died, however, without telling his daughter of her betrothal ; but when she heard of her father's wishes, she did not hesitate to comply with them.
He created and enforced a strong ducal power which, however, was met by many baronial revolts, one being in 1078, when he demanded from the Apulian vassals an " aid " on the betrothal of his daughter.
When the wealthy father-in-law learned of this secret betrothal, he drove his daughter from his house, and swore that he would never help her while Akiva remained her husband.
He also proceeded to cancel the betrothal of Licinia ’ s daughter, Eudocia, to Huneric, the son of the Vandal king Geiseric.
In the peace negotiations which followed William offered his second daughter Constance in marriage to the Breton heir Alan IV, though nothing came of the betrothal at the time.
His last diplomatic achievement in the reign of Henry VII was the betrothal of the king's younger daughter Mary to the future emperor Charles V.
After hearing the news about the events in Łęczyca, Władysław decided to make a quick response, as a result of which the Grand Prince of Kiev not only broke all his pacts with the Junior Dukes, but also arranged the betrothal of his daughter Zvenislava to Władysław's eldest son Bolesław.
For this purpose, during 1254 – 1255 Przemysł I tried to establish warmer relations with Brandenburg with the betrothal of his eldest daughter Constance with Conrad, son of John I, Margrave of Brandenburg ( the marriage took place after Przemysł I's death, in 1260 ); however, this event proved to be a political fiasco, because thanks to this union, later the House of Ascania claim rights over western Greater Poland.

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