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Arthur's Death[edit]

John of England contains the following account of Arthur's death:

However, Hubert de Burgh, the officer commanding the Rouen fortress, claimed to have delivered Arthur around Easter 1203 to agents of the King sent to castrate him and that Arthur had died of shock. Hubert later retracted his statement and claimed Arthur still lived, but no one ever saw Arthur alive again and the supposition that he was murdered caused Brittany, and later Normandy, to rebel against King John.

If a source can be verified, this should probably be included here. GwenW 07:40, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur's capture[edit]

the siege & capture took place in Mirebeau [march of Anjou, witch is a Plantagenet territory], not in Mirabeau [southern France] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.80.67.108 (talk) 14:24, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Middle Ages Project Assessment[edit]

Rated as start class, middle importance. There is a real need for some inline references for the historical work. Doug (talk) 23:01, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heir apparent or presumptive?[edit]

After all, he was not a descendant of the king.Heinrich ⅩⅦ von Bayern (talk) 03:15, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Defenestration?[edit]

This is curious because on the page about Defenestration, Arthur is given as an example of someone who was executed by being thrown out of a window. But this biography is much more ambiguous and it's not even mentioned as a strong possibility, and surely not as a historical fact. The linking page should probably be corrected. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 23:02, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps defenestration is suggested by the circumstances in Shakespeare's play. Terry Thorgaard (talk) 20:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Richmond succeeded by Eleanor[edit]

See Talk:Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany. Whatever, she had been referred as a Countess.——Heinrich ⅩⅦ von Bayern (talk) 17:49, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Succession[edit]

Did Arthur succeed his mother as Duke of Brittany in 1194? In my (French) dictionary they say he was Duke from 1196 to 1203. The succession of the Earldom of Richmond is puzzling too. Constance was Hereditary Countess of Richmond, so why say Arthur inherited the Earldom in 1187 "as Geoffrey's son"? Didn't he inherit it in 1196 too? Aziliz Breizh (talk) 15:03, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Geoffrey was the Earl and Duke jure uxoris which meant his titles came from his wife. With his wife living Arthur could not inherit the titles, unless she gave them up, I think.——Heinrich ⅩⅦ von Bayern (talk) 16:16, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edits[edit]

I made a small change to the name Richard I. Maymichael2 (talk) 18:50, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]