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A Short Biography of King Henry II

Author Name:

King Henry II

Born As:

Henry II

Other Names:

Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland, Henry Curtmantle or Curtmantel and Henry Fitz-Empress.

Born:

5 Mar 1133

Died:

6 Jul 1189




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Monarch                          
                          
Mother Matilda of England
Father Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Wife Eleanor of Aquitaine
Children:

William IX, Count of Poitiers
Henry the Young King
Richard I of England
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
Matilda, Duchess of Saxony
Eleanor, Queen of Castile
Joan, Queen of Sicily and Countess of Toulouse
John of England
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury

Great-grandson of William the Conqueror                          
1154-1189 - King of England                          
The first to use the title "King of England", as opposed to "King of the English.

Henry had his wife placed under house arrest, where she remained for fifteen years.