Henry II
First Plantagenet king
Henry II refers to several European monarchs, most notably the King of England who reigned from 1154 to 1189.
This Henry II founded the Plantagenet dynasty, expanded English territory into Ireland, and clashed with Thomas Becket in a dispute that ended in the archbishop's murder.
The name also belongs to kings of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
- Angevin EmpireHenry II's cross-Channel holdings
- AnjouFrench province or pear
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- EnglandLargest British country
- JohnCommon male name
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- AngevinsRichard I, Richard the Lionheart, King John, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Anjou
- Henrys
- Medieval Englandking, kings, castle, castles, knight
- 12th CenturyThird Crusade, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Frederick Barbarossa
- 1500sElizabeth I, Shakespeare, Spanish Armada, Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther
- European MonarchsCharlemagne, Frederick Barbarossa, Franz Joseph I, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Rupert
Henry IIKing John
Plantagenet who granted liberties
Henry VII · Henry VIII · Elizabeth I · Richard III · The Tudors
Henry IIThomas Becket
Murdered English archbishop
papal authority · Edward the Confessor · Constantine the Great · Charlemagne
Henry IIEleanor of Aquitaine