Henry the Second, 1154 to 1189
Curtmantle.
| BORN: | 25 March 1133, Le Mans, Anjou. |
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| PARENTS: | Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113 - 51), Matilda (c. 1103/4 - 1167). |
| MARRIED: | Eleanor of Acquitaine (1122 - 1204), 11 May 1152, Bordeaux Cathedral, France. |
| ACCEDED: | 25 October 1154 |
| CROWNED: | 19 December 1154, Westminster Abbey. |
| DIED: | 6 July 1189, Chinon Castle, France. |
| INTERRED: | Fontevraud Abbey, France. |
| CHILDREN: | (1) William, Count of Poitiers (c. 1152 - 56) (2) Henry, The Young King (1155 - 83) (3) Matilda (Maud) (1156 - 89) (4) Richard I the Lionheart (1157 - 99) (5) Geoffrey of Bretagne, Duke of Brittany (1158 - 86) (6) Eleanor (1162 - 1214) (7) Joan (1165 - 99) (8) John Lackland (1167 - 1216) |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: Malcolm IV, the Maiden William I the Lyon Opponent: Hugh Bigod Archbishops of Canterbury: Theobald of Bec St. Thomas À Becket Richard of Dover Baldwin of Exeter Popes: Anastasius IV Adrian IV Alexander III Lucius III Urban III Gregory VIII Clement III |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
The only English Pope, Adrian IV, elected, 1154. Anjou captured, 1156. Council of Woodstock, July 1163. Council of Westminster, October 1163. Constitutions of Clarendon, 30 January 1164. Thomas À Becket goes into exile, October 1164. Assize of Carendon, 1166. Richard, Earl of Pembroke, invades Ireland, 1170. Henry, The Young King, crowned, 14 June 1170. Thomas À Becket returns to England, 1 December 1170. Thomas À Becket murdered, 29 December 1170. Henry II does penance at Avranches, 21 May 1172. The barons rebel, 1173. Thomas À Becket canonised, 21 February 1173. Treaty of Falaise, 1174. Battle of Alnwick, 13 June 1174. Henry II whipped at Canterbury, 7 July 1174. Treaty of Gisors, 28 June 1180. Assize of Arms, 1181. Aberconwy Abbey founded, 1186. Pece treaty signed at Chateauroux, 1187. Castles built at: Basingwerk, 1157. Orford, 1166. Dover (reconstruction) 1168. Middleham, 1170. Windsor (remodelling), 1173. Wells, 1180. |
