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  Henry II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1170, Henry and Eleanor's fifteen-year-old son, Henry, was crowned king, but he never actually ruled and does not figure in the list of the monarchs of England; he became known as Henry the Young King to distinguish him from his nephew Henry III of England.
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.
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 Richard I of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The third of King Henry II's legitimate sons, Richard was never expected to accede to the throne.
In 1170, his elder brother Henry the Young King was crowned king of England as Henry III.
From the Young King's death Richard was considered -- though not officially proclaimed -- heir to the joint thrones of England, Normandy and Anjou.
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 Henry the Young King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry the Young King (February 28, 1155 June 11, 1183) was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Henry the Young King was married to Marguerite of France, daughter of King Louis VII of France by his second wife Constance of Castile, on November 2, 1160 when he was 5 years of age and she was 2.
Henry the Young King died of dysentery in 1183, near Martel Castle in the Turenne, while in rebellion against his father and brother Richard.
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 Encyclopedia: Henry the Young King
Henry the Young King (February 28, 1155–June 11, 1183) was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Henry was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The immediate cause of the rebellion was Henry's decision to bequeath the territory of Anjou to his youngest son, John, as part of the arrangements for John's marriage to the daughter of the count of Maurienne.
At this, Henry the Young King was encouraged to rebel by many aristocrats who saw potential profit and gain in a power transition, as well as by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, who had been feuding with her husband.
Henry the Young King withdrew to the court of his father-in-law, Louis, in France in March 1173 and was soon followed by his brothers Richard and Geoffrey.
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 John of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Born at Oxford, John was the fifth son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England, Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine and Joan of England.
His nine-year-old son succeeded him and became King Henry III of England, and although Louis continued to claim the English throne, the barons switched their allegiance to the new king, forcing Louis to give up his claim and sign the Treaty of Lambeth in 1217.
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 Britannia: Monarchs of Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in 1142 to defend his mother's claim to the disputed throne of Stephen.
Henry empowered a new social class of government clerks that stabilized procedure - the government could operate effectively in the king's absence and would subsequently prove sufficiently tenacious to survive the reign of incompetent kings.
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.
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 Henry II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As part of his penance for the death of Becket, Henry agreed to send money to the Crusader states in Palestine, which the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar would guard until such time as Henry arrived to make use of it on pilgrimage or crusade.
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.
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 HENRY II OF ENGLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Henry II (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's attempt to divide his titles amongst his sons but keep the power associated with them provoked them into trying to take control of the lands assigned to them (see Revolt_of_1173-1174), which amounted to treason, at least in Henry's eyes.
Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John also provided the subjects of the BBC2 television series ''The Devil's Crown.'' The 1978 book of the same title was written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the broadcast series, which starred Brian_Cox as Henry and Jane_Lapotaire as Eleanor.
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 Henry the Young King -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Henry was a younger maternal half-brother of (Click link for more info and facts about Marie de Champagne) Marie de Champagne and (Click link for more info and facts about Alix of France) Alix of France.
He is now known as "Henry the Young King" to distinguish him from his nephew (Click link for more info and facts about Henry III of England) Henry III of England.
Henry the Young King died of dysentery in 1183, while in rebellion against his father.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henry_the_young_king.htm   (665 words)

  
 TimeRef - History Timelines - Medieval People Starting With H
King Harold II defeated the invasion threat from Harold Hardrada, King of Norway and his own brother Tostig, both of whom were killed.
Henry II's son Henry, crowned as the Young King, died of dysentery and Richard became heir to the English throne.
Henry was the eldest son of Robert the Pious.
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 RICHARD I OF ENGLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The third of King Henry II's legitimate sons, Richard was never expected to ascend to the throne.
The young Humphrey was the dispossessed Lord of Toron, Oultrejordain, etc. He knew the Muslim culture and spoke Arabic, whereby Richard used him as his translator and negotiator.
The money to rescue the King was transferred to Germany by the emperor's ambassadors, but "at the king's peril" (had it been lost along the way, Richard would have been held responsible), and finally, on February_4, 1194 Richard was released.
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 Geoffrey_II,_Duke_of_Brittany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England and Richard I of England.
King Henry, always anxious to enrich his sons at little cost to himself, arranged for Geoffrey to marry Constance, the heiress of Brittany.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry II (King of England)
King of England, born 1133; died 6 July, 1189; was in his earlier life commonly known as Henry Fitz-Empress from the fact that his mother Matilda, daughter of Henry I, was first married to the Emperor Henry V.
Henry himself, however, was the son of her second husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, and inherited from him the three important fiefs of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine.
The conquest of Ireland which Henry had projected in 1156 and for which he obtained a Bull from Pope Adrian IV was carried out later with the full sanction of Pope Alexander III, preserved to us in letters of unquestionable authenticity which concede in substance all that was granted by the disputed Bull of Adrian.
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 ipedia.com: Henry the Young King Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Henry the Young King was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Henry the Young King (1155-1183) was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Fostered by Thomas a Becket, in 1170 the fifteen-year-old Henry was crowned king during his father's lifetime, but he never actually ruled and is not counted among the monarchs of England.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - RICHARD (I, King of England 1189-1199)
Henry (the Young King) and Geoffrey both returned to their father's side but Richard held out until he and Henry II met in Paris to settle their differences.
Henry II tried to force Richard and Geoffrey to pay homage to their elder brother the Young King, but Richard refused to do so.
Geoffrey died in a tournament in 1186 and in 1189 Henry II died at Chinon and was buried in the choir church of Fontevrault leaving Richard the new King of England.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10202
Henry II 'Curtmantle' d'Anjou, King of England was the son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou et Maine and Matilda 'the Empress' of England.
Henry of England, Duc de Normandie was the son of Henry II 'Curtmantle' d'Anjou, King of England and Eleanor, Duchesse d'Aquitaine.
Matilda of England was the daughter of Henry II 'Curtmantle' d'Anjou, King of England and Eleanor, Duchesse d'Aquitaine.
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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Richard I of England
On July 6, 1189 Henry II died in Chinon, and Richard I succeeded him as King of England, Duke of Normandy, and Count of Anjou.
Henry had appropriated Princess Alys (not the same Alix as Richard's half-sister), the daughter of the French king and Richard's betrothed, as his mistress.
The money was transferred to Germany by the emperor's ambassadors, but "at the king's peril" (had it been lost along the way, Richard would have been held responsible), and finally, on February 4, 1194 Richard was released.
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 Ketcham, Henry King --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The first of these, Henry I, was the youngest son of the Norman conqueror, William I. The most recent one was the notorious Henry VIII, who ruled in the 1500s.
Fearless and eloquent, Patrick Henry became the spokesman of the Southern colonies during the stirring period that led to the American Revolution.
Henry, O. Famous for his short stories and a master of the surprise ending, O. Henry is remembered best for such enduring favorites as “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Ransom of Red Chief.” The combination of humor and sentiment found in his stories is the basis of their universal appeal.
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 Richard_I_of_England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King and Matilda of England.
Meanwhile, Richard was finally able to marry Berengaria, first-born daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre.
He was played by George Sanders in the 1954 film King Richard and the Crusaders (loosely based on The Talisman), by Patrick Stewart in Mel Brooks's comedic Robin Hood: Men in Tights, as well as numerous portrayals by less famous actors in productions of Ivanhoe and other versions of the Robin Hood legend.
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 Richard the Lionheart
In opposition to his father's plans, Richard allied himself with King Philip II of France, the son of Eleanor's ex-husband Louis VII by his third wife, Adela of Blois.
Henry had appropriated Princess Alice (not the same Alice as Richard's half-sister), the daughter of the French king and Richard's betrothed, as his mistress.
On his return to Europe in the autumn of 1192, Richard was captured by Duke Leopold — whom he had publicly insulted in the course of the crusade — and was handed over as a prisoner to the Emperor Henry VI after being held captive at Dürnstein.
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 BBC - Radio 4 - This Sceptred Isle - Murder in the Cathedral
Henry wanted to crown his son, Henry the Young King, as his successor.
The King and the Archbishop met and were reconciled and the King assented to the Archbishop and punished those members of the clergy who had acted in his stead.
The archbishop then put together an army, Henry II was so outraged at this that he raged against the archbishop and four knights overhearing his rage undertook to murder the Archbishop.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/18.shtml?question=18   (334 words)

  
 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Prince Henry ENGLAND ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
He went first of all, however, to meet the king of France near Gisors.There it was agreed that Henry's son Henry, now by the death of his eldest brother recognized as heir to the throne, should marry Louis' daughter Margaret.
The marriage of the young Henry and Margaret of France was immediately celebrated, though the elder of the two was still a mere infant.
Henry married Princess Margaret FRANCE, daughter of King Louis FRANCE, VII and Queen Constance Castile FRANCE, on 2 Nov 1160-1173 in Neubourg, Manche, Normandy, France.
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 Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 87
Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded ashighly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born afterthe conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to thethrone.
Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he foundnumerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of theirking.
Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to theEmperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed.
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 Greg Bard's Genealogical Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Husband: Henry "the Young King" Plantagenet, King of England
Marriage: 1172 Henry "the Young King" Plantagenet, King of England
Marriage: 1186 Bela III "Harmadik", King of Hungary
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 AllRefer.com - Henry King (English Literature, 1500 To 1799, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Henry King, English Literature, 1500 To 1799, Biographies
Elegies constitute nearly half his work, his most notable being "The Exequy," written on the death of his young wife.
by M. Crum (1965); R. Berman, Henry King and the Seventeenth Century (1964); bibliography by G. Keynes (1977).
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