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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Henry II
		Henry II (the Quarrelsome) and of the Burgundian Princess Gisela; b.
		Henry II, the son of his sister, Gisela, and to Henry the childless duke bequeathed his duchy, despite the opposition of the nobles (1006).
		Henry's power was in fact controlling, and this was in no small degree due to the fact that he was primarily engaged in solidifying the national foundations of his authority.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07227a.htm (1248 words)

	Henry II
		Henry, the eldest son of Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, and Geoffrey Plantagent, Count of Anjou, was born in Le Mans in 1133.
		Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine had five sons (William, Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey and John) and three daughters (Matilda, Eleanor and Joan).
		Henry II: Have I not raised you from the poor and humble to the summit of honour and rank?...
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDhenryII.htm (2397 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Henry II.
		Henry II, arguably one of the most effective King's ever to wear the English crown and the first of the great Plantagenet dynasty, was born at Le Mans, Anjou on 5th March, 1133.
		Henry's father Geoffrey's nickname derived from a sprig of bloom, or Planta Genista, that he liked to sport in his helmet.Thus was coined the surname of one of England's greatest dynasties, which ruled the country for the rest of the medieval era, although Plantagenet was not adopted as a surname until the mid 15th century.
		Henry's was a vast inheritance, from his father, he received the Counties of Anjou and Maine, from his mother, the Duchy of Normandy and his claim to the Kingdom of England.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /plantagenet.htm (2728 words)

	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Henry II of England -
		Henry II established courts in various parts of the country and was the first king to grant magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown.
		Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the "fair Rosamund" of legend, is thought to have begun in 1165, during one of his Welsh campaigns, and continued until her death in 1176.
		Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John were also the subject of the BBC2 series The Devil's Crown and the 1978 book of the same title, written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the tv series, which starred Brian Cox[?] and Jane Lapotaire[?] as Henry and Eleanor.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/he/Henry_II_of_England (1093 words)

	Henry II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry II established courts in various parts of England, and first instituted the royal practice of granting magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown.
		Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the "fair Rosamund" of legend, probably began in 1165 during one of his Welsh campaigns and continued until her death in 1176.
		Henry's third son, Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199), with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189; Henry died at the Chateau Chinon on July 6, 1189, and lies entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, near Chinon and Saumur in the Anjou Region of present-day France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_II_of_England (1746 words)

	Henry II
		Henry’s vast Continental domains (he ruled about half the area of present-day France) were to occupy him for much of his reign, but his first objective was to restore order and royal authority to an England ravaged by civil war.
		Henry’s desire to restore royal authority to the level of that in Henry I’s reign brought him into conflict with Thomas à Becket.
		Richard and the youngest son, John, in alliance with Philip II of France, were actually in the course of another rebellion in 1189 when their father died.
	www.orbilat.com /Encyclopaedia/H/Henry_II.html (508 words)

	Henry II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry II (March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189), ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France.
		Henry's illegitimate son Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, also stood by him the whole time and alone among his sons attended on Henry's death-bed.
		Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John also provided the subjects of the BBC2 television series The Devil's Crown and the 1978 book of the same title, written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the broadcast series, which starred Brian Cox as Henry and as Eleanor.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Henry_II_of_England (1778 words)

	Henry II
		Henry II Henry II Portrait of Henry II enry was born in 1133, the son of Empress Matilda and Geoffrey the Fair, Duke of Anjou.
		Henry did intend to pass it on as one consolidated territory though, and it was his division of the land amongst his sons that would cause much hostility.
		Henry's sons were dissatisfied with the emptiness of the titles he gave them when he maintained absolute control, and they were also dissatisfied with his plans for the division itself.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~garnerj/school/history_220/henry_ii.htm (625 words)

	Learn more about Henry II of England in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is possible that this was why Henry came home at that time, and the progress they made through Eleanor's lands was to mark the birth of the new heir -- that is, that their stated purpose of "introducing the new count" to the people meant Count William, not Count Henry.
		In 1170, Henry and Eleanor's fifteen-year-old son Henry was crowned king, but he never actually ruled and is not counted as a monarch of England; he is now known as Henry the Young King to distinguish him from his nephew Henry III of England.
		The death of Henry the Young King, in 1183, was followed by the death of the next in line to the throne, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany who was trampled to death by a horse in 1186.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/he/henry_ii_of_england.html (1309 words)

	Henry II of England Summary
		Born on March 5, 1133, Henry II was the eldest son of Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, and Matilda, daughter of King Henry I. On her father's death Matilda failed to secure England and Normandy, but Geoffrey of Anjou conquered Normandy and in 1150 invested Henry with the duchy.
		Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the "fair Rosamund" of legend, probably began in 1165 during one of his Welsh campaigns and continued until her death in 1176.
		Henry's third son, Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199), with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189; Henry died at the Chateau Chinon on July 6, 1189, and lies entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, near Chinon and Saumur in the Anjou Region of present-day France.
	www.bookrags.com /Henry_II_of_England (4002 words)

	Henry II
		Henry II of England (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France.
		Henry II established courts in various parts of England, and first instituted the royal practice of granting magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown.
		Henry delayed his crusade for many years and in the end never went at all, despite a visit to him by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem in 1184 and being offered the crown of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Europe/England/Royal_Family/henryii.html (1154 words)

	Henry II (of France) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Henry II (of France) (1519-1559), king of France (1547-1559), second son of King Francis I, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
		Henry II (of Castile and León) (1333?-1379), known as Henry (Enrique) of Trastamara, king of Castile and León (1369-1379), born in Seville (Seville)....
		She is thought to have been of Norman origin and to have lived chiefly at the court of Henry II, Norman...
	encarta.msn.com /Henry_II_(of_France).html (280 words)

	World History, Rulers, Henry II, Kings, Queens, Great Britain
		Henry II of England ruled an empire that stretched from the Tweed to the Pyrenees.
		Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in 1142 to defend Matilda's (his mother's) claim to the disputed throne of Stephen.
		The deaths of Henry the Young King in 1183 and Geoffrey in 1186 gave no respite from his children's rebellious nature; Richard, with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189 and forced him to accept a humiliating peace.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/kings/henry_ii_1154.html (1156 words)

	Encyclopedia: Henry II of France (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry II Madeleine of Valois, Queen consort of Scot.
		Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 â€“ August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589).
		Henry IV (French: Henri IV) (December 13, 1553 â€“ May 14, 1610), called the Great (French: le Grand), was the first of the Bourbon kings of France, reigning from 1589 until 1610.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Henry-II-of-France (2004 words)

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		Henry first attempted to continue his mother's war against Stephen after she had returned to Normandy in 1148, but Henry was a young squire of fifteen without sufficient resources to maintain such an effort.
		Henry's strength of character, his papal authority, and the immense resources upon which he could draw made him an impossible man to challenge, and by 1158 he had restored an order to England and its subservient kingdoms which it had not known to such a degree for many lifetimes.
		Henry's third son, Geoffrey, was killed in an accident at a tournament in Paris in August 1186.
	www.historyincoins.com /hen2.htm (2187 words)

	World History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry II (1133-89) was King of England from 1154, and the first of the Plantagenet line.
		Henry II had appointed his close friend, Thomas Becket, as Archbishop of Canterbury, expecting him to turn a blind eye to royal interference in Church affairs.
		Henry II's later years were dogged by vicious family arguments as his sons, including Richard I and John, squabbled over their inheritance.
	www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr /~sivann/pub/quick-world-history/02henry2.html (570 words)

	Henry II of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31 1519 – July 10 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from July 31, 1547 until his death.
		Henry II severely punished them, burning them alive or cutting out their tongues for speaking their Protestant beliefs.
		Henry II was an avid hunter and participant in jousting tournaments.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Henry_II_of_France (473 words)

	HENRY II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She had been designated the heiress of Henry I but had been deprived of the succession by her cousin, Stephen of Blois, who made himself king.
		From the beginning of his reign, Henry was involved in conflict with Louis VII, king of France, and later with Louis’s successor, Philip II, over the French provinces that Henry claimed.
		A succession of rebellions against Henry, headed by his sons and furthered by Philip II and by Eleanor of Aquitaine, began in 1173 and continued until his death at Chinon, France, on July 6, 1189.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=211721 (972 words)

	Henry II, king of England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Henry’s desire to restore royal authority to the level of that in Henry I’s reign brought him into conflict with Thomas à Becket, whom he had made (1162) archbishop of Canterbury.
		The quarrel, which focused largely on the jurisdiction of the church courts, came to a head when Henry issued (1164) the Constitutions of Clarendon, defining the relationship between church and state, and it ended (1170) in Becket’s murder, for which Henry was indirectly responsible.
		In 1169 the king distributed among his three oldest sons the titles to his possessions: Henry was to receive Normandy, Maine, and Anjou (he was also crowned king of England in 1170); Richard (later Richard I), Aquitaine; and Geoffrey, Brittany.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry2Eng.html (667 words)

	PlanetPapers - Henry II of England
		Henry II was disgusted with what his knights had done; he claimed that he did not advise them to kill Thomas Becket (Larned 112-115).
		By doing this, Henry II was able to employ mercenaries to act as his soldiers, thereby eradicating the bonds of loyalty that knights would have to their lieges (Larned 118-120).
		Henry at this point was already a dying man, and was crushed by the betrayal of his sons.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2326.php (1126 words)

	Stewart's World: Henry II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry II was born in Le Mans, France, on March 5th 1133.
		Henry II, the man of genius-the word is not to strong- was by instinct a lawyer.
		Henry II (for picture, see appendix A4) was one of the greatest of British rulers ever, making many changes to the way the country was run, so many of which has been the basis of common law to the present day.
	stewy6.tripod.com /henry.htm (1360 words)

	Henry II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His mother Matilda, daughter of Henry I, had been the wife of the Emperor Henry V. More importantly Henry was the son of Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine.
		Henry's mother Matilda within six years began the military fight for her claim and consequently for the claim of her son.
		Henry's third son, Richard the Lionheart, with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on 4 July 1189.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /WestCivI/henry_ii.htm (756 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Henry succeeded his cousin Otto III as king of Germany in 1002 and abandoned Otto's policies of world domination.
		Henry hoped instead to restore the kingdom of the Franks and, in so doing, to consolidate the German empire.
		Henry's philosophy and policy of intimate cooperation between church and state have led some to consider him the epitome of the Christian ruler.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/hrehenry.html (179 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Henry II (1133-89) was King of England from 1154, and the first of the Plantagenet line.
		Henry II had appointed his close friend, Thomas Becket, as Archbishop of Canterbury, expecting him to turn a blind eye to royal interference in Church affairs.
		Henry II's later years were dogged by vicious family arguments as his sons, including Richard I and John, squabbled over their inheritance.
	www.camelotintl.com /world/02henry2.html (578 words)

	Henry II and Thomas a Becket
		Henry II (1154-89) was the son of Queen Maud and Geoffrey of Anjou.
		Becket arguing with Henry II Henry, of course, assumed that his friend would be sympathetic to the royal cause in the escalating battle between church and state.
		Henry, anxious to assert the power of royal justice, claimed that the "criminous clerks" should be tried in royal courts.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/Henry_II_and_Thomas_a_Becket.htm (725 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Angevins > Henry II
		One of the strongest, most energetic and imaginative rulers, Henry was the inheritor of three dynasties who had acquired Aquitaine by marriage; his charters listed them: 'King of the English, Duke of the Normans and Aquitanians and Count of the Angevins'.
		By 1158, Henry had restored to the Crown some of the lands and royal power lost by Stephen; Malcom IV of Scotland was compelled to return the northern counties.
		Henry's disagreements with the Archbishop of Canterbury (the king's former chief adviser), Thomas à Becket, over Church-State relations ended in Becket's murder in 1170 and a papal interdict on England.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page62.asp (308 words)

	Henry II, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		When Otto III died without an heir, Henry, who was Otto’s second cousin and the great-grandson of Henry I, was elected German king.
		Henry expelled (1004) Boleslaus from Bohemia, but the war dragged on until 1018, when Boleslaus was able to obtain territories in E Germany in fief from Henry.
		Henry died childless; he was succeeded by Conrad II.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry2HRE.html (328 words)

	Henry II
		Henry was not a King who would allow the Church to usurp his authority, however, and in 1164 he introduced the Constitution of Clarendon which limited Church power.
		Henry declared that the Church was subject to the law of the land, but with superb arrogance Becket told him that the Church was above it.
		Henry's other sons conspired against him towards the end of his life, helped and encouraged by Eleanor his wife, who became estranged from him when 'Fair Rosamund' made her appearance.
	www.royalty.info /british/Henry_II (1072 words)

	AllRefer.com - Henry II, king of France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Henry II 1519–59, king of France (1547–59), son of King Francis I. His robust physique contrasted with his weak and pliant disposition.
		War continued under Charles's son King Philip II of Spain, who was allied with Mary Tudor of England, until the Treaty of Cateau-CambrEsis (1559) ended French pretensions in Italy.
		Henry, accidentally killed by Gabriel de Montgomery in a tournament, was succeeded by Francis II.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Henry2Fr.html (302 words)

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