Stephen, King of England recognised Stephen's son Eustace as Duke of Normandy in exchange for Eustace giving fealty to the French king. Stephen was less successful, however, in regaining the Argentan province along the Normandy and Anjou border, which Geoffrey had taken at the end of 1135. Stephen formed an army to retake it, but the frictions between his Flemish mercenary forces led by William of Ypres and the local Norman barons resulted in a battle between the two halves of his army. The Norman forces then deserted the King, forcing Stephen to give up his campaign. Stephen agreed to another truce with Geoffrey,
I Served the King of England (film) I Served the King of England (film) I Served the King of England () is a 2006 Czech comedy film written and directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the novel "I Served the King of England" by Bohumil Hrabal. It is Menzel's sixth adaptation of the works of Hrabal for film. The film was released in the United Kingdom and in the United States in 2008. Jan Dítě has been released from a Czech prison just before the very end of his 15-year sentence and is settling in a town near the border between Czechoslovakia and Germany. He occupies his