Henry II PLANTAGENET King of England ^2029,2030

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  General Notes:

English Monarch. The son of Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou and Queen Matilda, Henry was born in LeMans, France, and acceded the throne of England in 1154, where he was crowned on December 19. He was the first of the Angevin kings, and one of England's most effective monarchs. He refined the government and created a self-standing bureaucracy. Henry was ambitious, intelligent, and energetic, and it is said he spoke every language used in Europe, though it is unlikely he spoke English. He married Eleanor of Aquitaine on May 18, 1152. This marriage brought under his rule the French counties of Brittany, Maine, Poitou, Touraine, Gascony, Anjou, Aquitaine, and Normandy - meaning Henry had more land and more power than the King of France. In 1162, Henry's best friend and chancellor, Thomas Beckett, was named Archbishop of Canterbury. Beckett distanced himself from Henry and angered the king when he opposed the coronation of young Prince Henry. In a fit of frustration, Henry publicly conveyed his wish to be free of Beckett. Four knights took the king at his word and murdered the archbishop in his cathedral. Henry endured a limited storm of protest over the incident, but the controvery quickly passed. As a result of the treachery of his sons, often with the encouragement of their mother, Henry was defeated in 1189 and forced to accept humiliation and peace. He died at Chinon, France, at the age of 56.

  Burial Notes:

Fontrevault Abbey,

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Clan: House of Plantagenet,,. ¹⁰⁵⁸ Henry II was the founder of the House of Plantagenet, even if he didn't use the name as a surname himself. Historically, he is the pivotal figure who shifted the English crown from the House of Normandy (his grandfather Henry I's li.

2. Title of Nobility: Lord of Ireland,,.

3. Title of Nobility: Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine,,.

4. Title of Nobility: Count of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine,,.

Henry married Rosamond "the Fair" CLIFFORD. (Rosamond "the Fair" CLIFFORD was born in 1137 in Clifford, Herefordshire, Herefordshire, England,¹⁰⁵⁸ died in 1176 in Oxford, , Oxfordshire, England ¹⁰⁵⁸ and was buried in 1176 in Oxford, , Oxfordshire, England ¹⁰⁵⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Common Law Marriage:,. ¹⁰⁵⁸

Henry next married Ida OF TOSNY Countess of Norfolk. (Ida OF TOSNY Countess of Norfolk was born about 1156 in Flamstead, , Hertfordshire, England ¹⁰⁵⁸ and died on 7 March 1226 in Framlingham, East Suffolk, Suffolk, England ¹⁰⁵⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Common Law Marriage:,. ¹⁰⁵⁸

Henry next married Eleanor OF AQUITAINE Queen Consort of France and England, daughter of William X OF TOULOUSAIN Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers and Aénor "Eleanore" OF CHÂTELLERAULT Duchess of Aquitaine, on 18 May 1152 in Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.¹⁰⁶¹ (Eleanor OF AQUITAINE Queen Consort of France and England was born on 6 December 1122 in Léognan, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France ^2029,2030, christened on 7 December 1122 in , , Pays de la Loire, France,^2029,2030 died on 31 March 1204 in Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France ^2029,2030 and was buried on 1 April 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France ^2029,2030.)