provence

I know this scenario may be ASB, and I’m not an expert on Medieval European history, but hear me out. Let’s say that the Umayyad raiders win the Battle of Tours, and Charles Martel is killed. The Umayyads use this as an opportunity to expand their borders past Septimania into more of Southern...

Since IOTL Gaunt planned to take Provence, I think John of Gaunt taking Provence is a good POD for Hundred Years War to be a win on Plantagenet side, that is the main reason why Louis of Anjou took that land in the first place.

What if for some reason the sons of John II of France don't escape in their imprisonment from England and John of Gaunt claims Provence from Joanna I of Naples, how does Bolingbroke fare in Provence, would he try to still usurp his cousin Richard II?

The Kingdom of Burgundy (not to be confused with the later, aspired-to royal demesne of Charles the Bold), more frequently known as the Kingdom of Arles due to its capital, was a medieval state spanning what is now roughly the border region between France, Italy, and Switzerland. From around the...