When asked about the sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the two that are most often remembered are Richard the Lionheart and John, the two that lived to be kings after their father’s death. Henry and Eleanor had five sons though. The first William, died in infancy and the thir...
The unruly sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry the Young King, Richard I, Geoffrey of Brittany and King John, are fortunately well documented during their father's lifetime. Many contemporary chronicles detail incidents of them displaying behaviours that fall outside the accepted ...
Tombs of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine in Fontevraud Abbey Quoted From:Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry of AnjoumarriedEleanor of Aquitaineon 11th May, 1152. Henry was then nineteen years old, while Eleanor was nearly thirty. Henry had "acquired by marriage almost half of what is now modern France. He was now master of a vast tract of land stretching from the English Channel to the P...
Henry II n 1.(Biography) known asHenry the Saint.973–1024, king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (1014–24): canonized in 1145 2.(Biography) 1133–89, first Plantagenet king of England (1154–89): extended his Anglo-French domains and instituted judicial and financial reforms. His attem...
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I, and Henry II Eleanor of Aquitaine lies between her son Richard I and her second husband, Henry... Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York VIEW MOREin these related Britannica articles: Media for: Frederick II ...
Henry acquired most of the Continental possessions that would expand the kingdom of England before he became king in 1154. He inherited the duchy of Normandy in 1150; succeeded his father as count of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1151; and in 1152, marrying Eleanor of Aquitaine, acquired ...
In April, William was with the Earl serving as a guard for King Henry II’s wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, when they were attacked. The Queen hastened to safety while Patrick and his men held back the attackers but during the fighting, the earl was killed while Marshal, despite his skill,...
Henry is accepted as Lord of Ireland. 1171 At Cashel Henry makes Irish clergy submit to the authority of Rome 1173 Canonization of Thomas a Becket. 1173 Eleanor of Aquitaine and her sons revolt unsuccessfully against her husband Henry II. 1174 Henry’s sons Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey lead...
The annulment gave Eleanor back Aquitaine and Poitou, which she took with her eight weeks later to Henry, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy, to whom, incidentally, she was just as closely related as she had been to Louis. Henry was nineteen years old, bull-necked, stocky and freckled...