William, the duke of Normandy: 1048 to 1060

Your entire southwestern border with Anjou is swiftly taken, as town after town surrenders to a more powerful lord than you are proving to be.

Although king Henry intervenes soon after, to stop the further errosion of your patrimony, it is obvious that with Anjou and the Īle de France as strong checks on your once-lofty ambitions, that you will never become more than the lord of a diminished Normandy. Oh, and forget about ever marrying that woman you insulted; king Henry has less ambitious marriages in mind for you.

Contemplate the heavenly city, you will have nothing more....