Great Britain -- History -- Richard I, 1189-1199; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199
When Henry II went to Limoges after his marriage in 1152 he seems to
have been welcomed as duke by the viscount; but strife arose between
his followers and the citizens which so enraged him that he ordered
the recently built walls of the town to be razed and the bridge to
be destroyed. As the town—locally called “the castle”—was held by
the viscount of the abbot, this was an offence to all parties at
once; and the abbot retorted by refusing to grant the duke’s claim
to a procuration in the city—that is, outside the walls—saying he
was only bound to grant it within the enclosure of the “castle.”[14]
Henry, though angry, had his mind fixed on more important matters,
and let the insult pass; but on his next visit to Limoges, in
[Sidenote: 1156] 1156, he successfully asserted his ducal rights.[15]
In the [Sidenote: 1159] spring or early summer of 1159 he again went
to Aquitaine, to prosecute by force of arms his claim, as Eleanor’s
husband, to the county of Toulouse. The support of the Count of
Barcelona and his wife, the Queen of Aragon, was purchased by a
promise that Richard should wed their infant daughter and should on
his marriage receive the Dukedom of Aquitaine.[16] The Quercy was
conquered by Henry and held for him awhile after he had abandoned the
siege of Toulouse and returned to Normandy. A treaty made between
[Sidenote: 1160] Henry and Louis of France in May 1160 contained a
provision for a year’s truce between Henry and Raymond of Toulouse,
during which Henry was to keep “whatever he at the date of the
treaty had of the honour of Toulouse, Cahors, or Quercy.”[17] This
was probably not much, as his troops had already been withdrawn from
the conquered territory; the greater part of it seems to have fallen
back into Raymond’s hands, and we hear nothing more of the relations
between him and Henry for nearly thirteen years.
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