A Quote by – King Henry II

Topic of this Quote:

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
                          
                          
Thomas Becket constantly thwarted Henry's clerical constitutions.

Henry wanted secular courts to have jurisdiction over clerical trials and disputes.

Four of Henry's knights, Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton beat and killed Becket.

Pope Alexander III made Becket a martyr, and declared Becket a saint.