Henry II Plantagenet 
Henry II was born on March 5th, 1133 in , Le Mans, Sarthe, France.1 Henry II's father was Geoffrey V PLANTAGENET and his mother was Matilda (Maud) Of GERMANY. His paternal grandparents were Foulques V Of ANJOU and Ermengarde (Ermentrude) Du MAINE; his maternal grandparents were Henry I of England and Edith Matilda Atheling. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Geoffrey VI, Guillaume, Agnes and Emma. He was the second oldest of the five children. He had a half-brother named Hamelin. He died at the age of 56 on July 6th, 1189 in , Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France. He was buried on July 8th, 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.1 General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> of England
Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKP-WF
Burial: 8 Jul 1189 Fontevrault Abbe, Mel, France
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Henry II
1154-1189
Henry was born in 1133 and was married to Eleanor, Duchess of
Aquitaine immediately after her divorce from Louis VII, King of France.
They had nine children: William, Henry, Matilda, Richard, Geoffrey,
Philip, Eleanor, Joan and John.
Henry was the first of fourteen hereditary kings, who were later refered to
in the history oracles as Plantagenets. Henry was the son of the Count of
Anjou, whose family emblem was the 'plante genet', a yellow flowering
broom.
It was with the land bequeathed by the Count to Henry and his auspicious
marriage to Eleanor, which gained him a vast amount of lands in France.
These lands exceeded the lands owned in France by the King of France,
himself. In those times, the King of France ruled from Paris and its surrounding areas.
Henry had lands reaching for 1000 miles, and it was this vast domain, which was called the Angevin Empire. Henry was the first king to demonstrate that he was truly a sovereign, and he ended all the anarchy and demonstration of strengths throughout his lands. He devoted himself to the internal security of his land and promoted domestic and foreign trade. Productivity doubled during his reign. He revolutionised the law system, and even sat over cases himself. He was a notable lawyer, and he built up the system of English Common Law, and began to develop the traditional jury system. He was a gifted administrator.
Henry's notable failure was his attempt to curb the power and strength of the Church, particularly
in the case of Thomas Beckett, who had been his wild pal until he was made Archbishop of Canterbury. His death did little for Henry's popularity.
He was unfortunate in love, relentlessly and romantically pursuing the hand of his wife, Eleanor,
who became a selfish spoilt lady, and who turned her sons against their own father. A rebellion by the eldest son, Henry was crushed, and Eleanor was placed under house arrest for fifteen years. The other brothers placed continual pressure on their father, in alliances with the King of France. Henry died a lonely and griefstricken man deserted by all of those he had loved and honoured.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0970 in Gastinois, France d.1000
- b.~ 1000 in Chateau Landon Seine-Et-Marne, France d.01 Apr 1046 in Angouleme Charente, France
- b.0974 in Macon, France
- b.1043 in Angouleme Charente, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Of, , Anjou, France
- b.21 Jun 0967 in Of, , Anjou, France d.Bet 22 1040 Jun 21 & May in Anjou, France
- b.1018 in Of, , Anjou, France d.18/21 Mar 1076 in , , Anjou, France
- b.~ 0964 in Of, , Anjou, France d.01 Apr 1046 in , Jerusalem, Palastein
- b.1092 in Of, , Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in , , Jerusalem, Israel
- b.~ 1000 in Of, Evreux, Normandy, France d.>04 Feb 1031
- b.~ 1025 in Of, Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.1087
- b.~ 1001 in Of, , Ile De France, France
- b.1059 in Of, Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.14 Feb 1117 in , Fontevrault, , France
- b.~ 0986 in Rouen, Normandie d.1067 in Normandie
- b.~ 1030 in Of, Evreux, Normandie
- b.~ 1004 in , Normandie
- b.24 Aug 1113 in , , Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in , Chateau, , France
- b.~ 1060 in Of, , Maine, France d.1110
- b.1096 in , , Maine, France d.1126 in , , Maine, France
- b.~ 1055 in Of, Chateau Du Loire, , France d.1099
- b.05 Mar 1133 in , Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in , Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.~ 0963 in ,Normandie d.28 Aug 1027 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.1010 in Normandy, France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 0982 in of, Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in of, Normandie, France
- b.1028 in Falais, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Rouen, France
- b.~ 0978 in of, Falaise, Normandie
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050 in Caen,France
- b.~ 0980 in of, Falaise, Normandie
- b.Sep 1068 in , Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in , St Denis, Seine-St Denis, France
- b.Abt 0967/0968 in Of, , Flandres, France d.30 May 1035 in , , Flandres, France
- b.~ 1012 in , , , Flandres d.01 Sep 1067 in , Lille, Duchy Of Lower
- b.~ 0986 in Of Flanders, France d.21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, France
- b.~ 1031 in Of, , Flandres d.02 Nov 1083 in , Caen, Normandie
- b.27 Mar 0972 in , Orlbeans, , France d.20 Jul 1031 in , Melun, , France
- b.1003 in , , , France d.08 Jan 1079 in Monastaere De L'ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, , France
- b.~ 0986 in Of, , Toulouse d.25 Jul 1032 in , Melun, France
- b.<05 Aug 1102 in , London, Middlesex, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.~ 0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in , Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1013 in Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Iona, Near Elgin, Scotland (killed By Macbeth)
- b.~ 0984 in Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1033 in Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0990 in of, Denmark d.1049 in Murdered in Bosham
- b.~ 1014 in Of, , Northumberland, England d.1040
- b.Abt 1079/1080 in , Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in , Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0988 in Of, , Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.1016 in , , Wessex, England d.1057 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0986 in Of, , Wessex, England
- b.Abt 1042/1045 in Of, Wessex, , England d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1016 in Of, , Brunswick, Germany d.23 Apr 1038
- b.~ 1018 in , , Braunschweig, Prussia d.13 Jul 1024
- b.~ 1006 in Of, , Nordgau Region, Medieval States d.21 Jul 1077
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Henry II and Elbeonore Of were married in a religious ceremony on May 11th, 1152 in , Bordeaux, Gironde, France.1 They had ten sons and three daughters, named William, Henry III, Richard I "Lionheart", Geoffrey, Philip, John "Lackland", Richard II, Gregory, Gregory, William, Matilda, Eleanor and Joanna.
Family Notes
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Children
William Plantagenet
William was born on August 17th, 1152 in , Le Mans, France. He died at the age of 3 in April 1156 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England. He was buried in , Reading, Berkshire, England.
Henry III Plantagenet
Henry III was born on February 28th, 1155 in Bermondsey,London,England.1 He died at the age of 28 on June 11th, 1183 in Chcateau De Mortel, Turenne, Aquitaine. He was buried in , Rouen, Normandie.
Matilda Plantagenet
Matilda was born in 1156 in , London, Middlesex, England and her baptism took place in Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England. She died at the age of 33 on June 28th, 1189 in , , Brunswick, Germany. She was buried in St Blasius, Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Richard I "Lionheart" Plantagenet
Richard I "Lionheart" was born on September 13th, 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He died at the age of 41 on April 6th, 1199 in , Chalus, , France. He was buried in , Fontevrault L'ab, , France.
Geoffrey Plantagenet
Geoffrey was born on September 23rd, 1158 in , , , England. He died at the age of 27 on August 19th, 1186 in , Paris, , France. He was buried in Notre Dame, Paris, , France.
Eleanor Plantagenet
Eleanor was born on October 13th, 1162 in , Domfront, Normandie and her baptism took place there. She died at the age of 52 on October 25th, 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Burgos, Spain. She was buried in , Monasterio De Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain.
Joanna Plantagenet
Joanna was born in October 1165 in , Angers, , France.2 She died at the age of 33 on September 4th, 1199 in , Rouen, Normandie. She was buried in , Fontevrault L'ab, , France.
John "Lackland" Plantagenet
John "Lackland" was born on December 24th, 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.1 He died at the age of 49 on October 19th, 1216 in , Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. He was buried in Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.1
Henry II and Rosamond De were married in a religious ceremony in (not Married). They had two sons named William and William "Longespee".
Family Notes
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Children
William "Longespee" Plantagenet
William "Longespee" was born about 1173 in Of, , , England.1 He died in , , , England. He was buried in Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.1
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