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Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was the eldest son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine to survive childhood. In 1170, he became titular King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.
Henry The Young King (born February 28, 1155, London—died June 11, 1183, Martel, Quercy, France) was the second son of King Henry II of England by Eleanor of Aquitaine; he was regarded, after the death of his elder brother, William, in 1156, as his father’s successor in England, Normandy, and Anjou. In 1158 Henry, only three years of age ...
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Henry, the Young King (1155–83), was the eldest surviving son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. At Montmirail in January 1169 Henry II announced his intentions for the division of his vast dominions, the Young Henry, as eldest son, to receive England, Normandy, and Anjou, Henry II's own inheritance. In May 1170 the young king was duly ...
1155 - 1183. Henry Plantagenet, the Young King was born on 28 February 1155 and was the eldest surviving son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. An elder brother, William, Count of Poitiers, who should have been his father's heir, had been born in Normandy, over a year before Henry on 17 August 1153, but died of a seizure at Wallingford ...
By Katarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcik. ‘Young King Henry, the king’s son, left England and passed three years in tournaments, spending a lot of money. While he was rushing around all France he put aside the royal majesty and was transformed from a king into a knight, carrying off victory in various meetings.
Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – near Limoges, France, 11 June 1183) was the junior king to his father Henry II of England. He was crowned king in 1170, but never actually used the power. The meaning of this is that Henry II's territory covered much of northern France as well as England and Ireland.
Jun 28, 2016 · Abstract. This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father's lifetime.
