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And basically she is back to being the richest woman, independent woman in Europe again, which now means she is immediately back on the marriage market again.
So the Count of Anjou comes to Paris while she's sitting there for her annulment papers to come in and is like, you know what would be hilarious?
I got a single son and he's going to be the king of England.
What if you marry him and that would really piss off Louis?
And then you get to stay a queen and we get all that Aquitaine money.
Oh, that's fun.
It's not your fault, but I am still every day suffering.
And she was like, oh my God, that would be fucking hilarious.
The annulment's finalized, so she heads back to Aquitaine.
She doesn't have the whole Parisian army around her this time.
She's only got her own guys.
The Count of Anjou's other son, not the one that she's going to marry, another one of his sons, tries to kidnap her.
And she basically has to, like, show him, like, paperwork.
Like, look, no, me and your dad have this agreement.
I'm marrying your other brother.
Like, what the fuck are you doing?
Where is her protection?
Well, she's got her dudes, but it's not, like, the entire, you know.
So she gets back to Aquitaine and then immediately writes to her new fiancΓ©, who his name is Henry.
Of course.