However, with the decline of royal power, they gained influence and became common in the military.

This would be of symbolic significance in demonstrating royal power.

Here was a family determined if at all possible to keep royal power in its own hands.

He is an old man who lost all of his royal powers after independence.

Normandy could thus serve as a basis for rebellion against the royal power.

But did it necessarily grow at the expense of royal power?

However, he was soon put to death by his father for having plotted against the royal power.

For him the royal power is central to and the sustainer of the state.

But what if she had done it, used her new royal power to make it work?

According to some versions he took royal powers even before the death of his incapable brother.