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13 hours ago · Henry was born in Maine at Le Mans on 5 March 1133, the eldest child of the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. The French county of Anjou was formed in the 10th century and its Angevin rulers attempted for several centuries to extend their influence and power across France through careful marriages and ...
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the...
- Henry The Young King
Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was...
- Richard I of England
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as...
- Stephen
Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to...
- Angevin
The Angevin kings of England (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ɪ v ɪ n /; "from...
- Empress Matilda
Early life. Matilda was born to Henry I, King of England and...
- Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
Geoffrey (c. 1152 – 12 December 1212) was an illegitimate...
- Cultural Depictions of Henry II of England
Sharon Penman has written several novels in her Plantagenet...
- New Men
New men is a term referring to various groups of the...
- Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket (/ ˈ b ɛ k ɪ t /), also known as Saint Thomas...
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
13 hours ago · Early years, 1239–1263 Childhood and marriage Early fourteenth-century manuscript initial showing Edward and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. The artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis (drooping eyelid), a trait he inherited from his father. Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster on the night of 17–18 June 1239, to King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Edward ...
