Henri II PLANTAGENET , King of England
- Born: 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Maine, France
- Marriage (1): Eleanor OF AQUITAINE , Duchess of Aquitaine on 18 May 1152 in Poitiers Cathedral, France
- Died: 6 Jul 1189, Chinon Castle, Loire, France aged 56
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England
Henry II (5 March 1133 \endash 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (French: Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 to his death. He was the first king of the House of Plantagenet. King Louis VII of France made him Duke of Normandy in 1150. Henry became Count of Anjou and Maine upon the death of his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, in 1151. His marriage in 1152 to Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Louis VII had recently been annulled, made him Duke of Aquitaine. He became Count of Nantes by treaty in 1185. At various times, Henry also partially controlled Scotland, Wales and the Duchy of Brittany. Before he was 40 he controlled England, large parts of Wales, the eastern half of Ireland and the western half of France\emdash an area that would later come to be called the Angevin Empire.
Henri married Eleanor OF AQUITAINE , Duchess of Aquitaine, daughter of William X OF AQUITAINE , Duque of Aquitaine and Aénor DE CHATELLERAULT, on 18 May 1152 in Poitiers Cathedral, France. (Eleanor OF AQUITAINE , Duchess of Aquitaine was born in 1122 in Poitiers, France and died on 1 Apr 1204 in Poitiers, France.)
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