4. The End (1204)

The Anglo-Norman provinces under Plantagenet rule were scattered across vast territories and were impacted by its quarrelling family’s succession problems. Richard the Lionheart spent most of his life away from the kingdom of England and King John failed in tackling the attacks of French king Philip Augustus as well as the revolt of his barons. By confiscating his lands on the continent in 1204, the king of France reclaimed all land lost since 911. The Channel Islands are the only remainder of the duchy of Normandy under English rule.