. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. youngArthur of his inheritance, he had him educated at court withhis own sons, and kept him as an useful agent in the possiblecase of a new rupture with John. This rupture soon tookplace, in consequence of an insurrection of the Poi-tevins under the command of the count de la Marche, 19n9from whom the king of England had taken his be-trothed wife. Philip on this broke the peace, proclaimedArthur count of the Bretons, Anjor^s, and Poitevins, mar-ried him to the princess Mary, then only five years old, andsent h
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. youngArthur of his inheritance, he had him educated at court withhis own sons, and kept him as an useful agent in the possiblecase of a new rupture with John. This rupture soon tookplace, in consequence of an insurrection of the Poi-tevins under the command of the count de la Marche, 19n9from whom the king of England had taken his be-trothed wife. Philip on this broke the peace, proclaimedArthur count of the Bretons, Anjor^s, and Poitevins, mar-ried him to the princess Mary, then only five years old, andsent him at the head of an army U conquer those towns ofPoitou, which still held out for thr king of England. 18. The issue of the war was ^.lamitous to Arthur, helaid siege to Mirebeau, a small tow1* near Poitiers, in whichthe dowager queen of England then resided. The town wastaken, but Eleanor retired into the citadel, and sent pressingmessengers to John to advance to her -elief. Eager to libe-rate his mother, the English king hurried across &«» country8* 90 HISTORY OF Death of Prince Arthur. by forced marches, attacked the besiegers, who were totallyunprepared, and made Arthur, together with the principalleaders of the insurrection, prisoners. He carried them allinto Normandy, where Arthur soon disappeared, murdered byhis uncle, as the Bretons affirmed; or accidentally killed inattempting to make his escape, as the Normans relate thestory. 19. The death of Arthur stung the Bretons to madness; inhim they had placed the last hope of regaining their nationalindependence, and the same ardent imagination which had ledthem to believe their future destiny connected with that ofthis child, inspired them with a sort of mad affection forPhilip, because he was the enemy of young Arthurs accused John before the French king, as his feudalsuzerain, of young Arthurs murder; and he in consequencesummoned John as his vassal for Normandy, to appear anddefend himself before
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