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King Henry II

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Family Name:

Plantagenet

Given Names:

Henry

Known As:

Fitzempress, Curtmantle

Titles:

Count of Anjou (1151 - 1189)

Duke of Normandy (1151 - 1189)

Duke of Aquitaine (1152 - 1189)

King of England (1154 - 1189)

Born:

5 Mar 1133
Le Mans, Maine, France

Died:

6 Jul 1189
Chinon, France
(Age 56, Natural Causes)

English/Scottish Royal Blood: 100% [?]

Buried:

Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France

Father:

Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (father of King Henry II)

24 Nov 1113 - 7 Sep 1151

Mother:

Matilda (Empress Matilda)

7 Feb 1102 - 10 Sep 1167

Marriage:

Eleanor of Aquitaine (wife of King Henry II)

1122 - 1 Apr 1204

Date: 18 May 1152

His Age: 19

Her Age: 30

Place: Poitiers, Poitou, France

Offspring:

William Plantagenet (son of King Henry II)

17 Aug 1153 - About Apr 1156

Henry Plantagenet (The Young King, son of King Henry II)

28 Feb 1155 - 11 Jun 1183

Matilda Plantagenet (daughter of King Henry II)

1156 - 28 Jun 1189

King Richard I (Lionheart)

8 Sep 1157 - 6 Apr 1199

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany

23 Sep 1158 - 19 Aug 1186

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Eleanor Plantagenet (daughter of King Henry II)

13 Oct 1162 - 31 Oct 1214

Joanna Plantagenet (daughter of King Henry II)

Oct 1165 - 4 Sep 1199

King John

24 Dec 1166 - 19 Oct 1216

Affair:

Rosamund Clifford (mistress of King Henry II)

Before 1144 - About 1174

Place: Unknown place

Offspring:

None listed

Affair:

Ida de Tosny (mistress of King Henry II)

Unknown birth/death dates

Place: Unknown place

Offspring:

William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury (illegitimate son of Henry II)

About 1170 - 7 Mar 1226

Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (illeg. son of King Henry II)

? - 1212

Events:

Accession to English throne

25 Oct 1154

Unknown place

Coronation

19 Dec 1154

Westminster Abbey, London, England

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Notes:

King Henry was styled as, "Rex Angliae, Dux Normaniae et Aquitaniae et Comes Andigaviae." This appears to be the first official use of the title, "King of England," rather than "King of the English, " although modern historians give the title to all sovereigns from William the Conqueror.

Crowned by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Henry supported a petition to Rome to make Edward the Confessor a saint. Edward was canonized in 1161, and on 13 October 1163, Henry was present at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey at which Archbishop Thomas Becket elevated Edward's remains.

Henry was known for his excellent memory, as well as for his occasional fits of bad temper, which involved rolling on the floor and biting furniture.

It was said that Henry could speak every language used in Europe, from France to the Holy Land--but he probably could not speak English.

Henry was very interested in learning. Peter of Blois said, "With the King of England, it is school every day; there is always conversation with learned men and discussion of learned problems."

Traditionally, Henry's dying words are supposed to have been, "Shame, shame on a conquered king," referring to his sons' insurrections.

Portrayed by Peter O'Toole in both the 1964 film "Becket" and the 1968 film "Lion in Winter."

Portrayed by Brian Cox in the 1978 BBC-2 series, "The Devil's Crown."

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