How did Richard I gain control over the nobles of Poitou and Gascony?

Richard I, who was granted the duchy of Aquitaine at age 11 and enthroned at Poitiers in 1172, possessed precocious military and political abilities that allowed him to quickly learn how to control the turbulent aristocracy of Poitou and Gascony.1

Throughout his youth and early reign, Richard was frequently occupied with suppressing baronial revolts within his own duchy. While his harshness in managing these territories occasionally infuriated the local nobility—leading to uprisings such as the revolt of the Gascons in 1183—he remained a skilled soldier and politician capable of asserting his authority over the region.1