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4 days ago · Notable Family Members: spouse Margaret of Anjou. father Henry V. mother Catherine of Valois. On the Web: History Today - The Coronations of Henry VI (May 27, 2024) Henry VI (born December 6, 1421, Windsor, Berkshire, England—died May 21/22, 1471, London) was the king of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471.
2 days ago · Empress Matilda. Empress Matilda ( c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, [nb 1] was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future Holy ...
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4 days ago · Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the ...
4 days ago · Who succeeded Henry II? Henry II (born 1133, Le Mans, Maine [now in France]—died July 6, 1189, near Tours) was the duke of Normandy (from 1150), count of Anjou (from 1151), duke of Aquitaine (from 1152), and king of England (from 1154), who greatly expanded his Anglo-French domains and strengthened the royal administration in England.
- Henry II was king of England from 1154 to 1189. The first of three Angevin kings of England, he expanded the Anglo-French domains and strengthened...
- Henry, who was the duke of Aquitaine, had a claim to the English throne, and he invaded England in 1153. King Stephen agreed to accept Henry as his...
- Henry acquired most of the Continental possessions that would expand the kingdom of England before he became king in 1154. He inherited the duchy o...
- Determined to assert his rights in all his lands, Henry II reasserted the centralized power of his grandfather, Henry I, in England. He issued the...
- Henry II’s plans to divide the Angevin “empire” among his sons led to many quarrels and wars. Of his five sons, only Richard and John survived his...
1 day ago · On this day in Tudor history, Tuesday 30th May, just eleven days after the execution of his second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII married for the third time. The wedding took place in the Queen’s Closet at Whitehall, formerly York Place, a property that had been renovated by Henry and Anne Boleyn. The king had been wooing his wife ...
3 days ago · Howell deals subtly with the swings and roundabouts of thirteenth-century European alliances and carefully measures the disadvantages and advantages of the match. Henry III and Eleanor were married at Canterbury on 14 January 1236. Undoubtedly the strongest theme throughout this book is family.
1 day ago · By Henry II of England (married 18 May 1152, widowed 6 July 1189) William IX, Count of Poitiers: 17 August 1153: April 1156: died in infancy Henry the Young King: 28 February 1155: 11 June 1183: married Margaret of France; no surviving issue. Matilda, Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria: June 1156: 13 July 1189
