Richard's death was a turning point for me...
In the sense that, had he survived, his war with King Philip of France would have gone differently, and most importantly to me, the Chateau Gaillard would not have fallen in 1203. In that alternate universe, my distant ancestors on my mother's side would not have had to flee to England and Holland...and today I would be a member of the aristocracy of an Anglo-French Empire.
For want of a nail...