King of England Henry II Born: 5 MAR 1132/33 Le Mans, Maine, France Sex: M Died: 6 JUL 1189 Chinon, France Buried: ? Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France Religion: Catholic
Relationship: 24+26 great grandfather, etc.
Roman No.: XIII 81
Accession: 19 DEC 1154 Westminster Abbey, London, England
Ancestors:
Marriage(s) and Relationships: Partner: Ida Child:Longespee, Geoffrey Child:Earl of SalisburyLongespee, William Partner: Rosamund Clifford Child: Married to: Duchess d'Aquitaine Eleanor de Poitou 18 MAY 1152, Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France
Child:William of England Child:*TheYoung King* of England Henry Child:Mathilde\Maud of England Child:King of England Richard I *Coeur de Lion* Child:Duke of Brittany Geoffrey Child:Eleonore of England Child:Joan of England Child:King of England John INotes: Heinrich II. was Eleanore's 2. marriage.
Louis VII the Younger, King of France was Eleanore's 1. marriage.
Family Name: Plantagenet.
Given Names: Henry.
Nicknames: Fitzempress, Curtmantle.
Titles:
Count of Anjou (1151 - 1189).
Duke of Normandy (1151 - 1189).
Duke of Aquitaine (1152 - 1189).
King of England (1154 - 1189).
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.
In 1149, Henry was knighted in Carlisle by his great-uncle, David I of
Scotland.
King Stephen, fearing that the Scots would take advantage of the large
number
of nobles in attendance for the occasion to invade, hurried to York and
stayed
there for a whole month.
Crowned by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury.
In 1159 Henry started military action to back Eleanor's very tenuous claim
to the county of Toulouse. Her position was based on being a second cousin
of a previous count, and, as Henry's biographer W.L. Warren writes,
"It was not the kind of claim which carried much weight in the south of
France;
but to such a man as Henry of Anjou it was compellingly persuasive."
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."
Source: RoyaList
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