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4 days ago · In this way Normandy became part of the so-called Angevin (from Anjou) empire, which was a series of far-flung territories ruled by Henry II and succeeding English kings. But Normandy thus also became a primary objective for the Capetian kings of France in their struggle against the Plantagenet Angevins of England.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till her death (1189–1204).
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
2 days ago · Henry II of France proclaimed his eldest son and daughter-in-law king and queen of England. In France the royal arms of England were quartered with those of Francis and Mary. Mary's claim to the English throne was a perennial sticking point between her and Elizabeth.
- 14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
- Mary of Guise
5 days ago · Henry II 1519–1559 King of France r. 1547–1559: Antoine of Bourbon 1518–1562 King of Navarre r. 1555–1562 jure uxoris: Jeanne III d'Albret 1528–1572 Queen of Navarre r. 1555–1572: William 1516–1592 Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg r. 1539–1592: John 1530: Henry Duke of Beaumont 1551–1553: Margaret of France 1553–1615: Henry III ...
5 days ago · Philip’s third marriage, with Elizabeth of Valois, daughter of Henry II of France, in 1559, was the result of the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559), which, for a generation, ended the open wars between Spain and France.
3 days ago · The Hundred Rolls of 1279–80, (review no. 691) In March 1279 King Edward I commissioned a great inquiry into landholding in England. The surviving returns were arranged by hundred, hence their name ‘the Hundred Rolls’, and give a picture of rural society which, in its level of detail, goes far beyond that found in Domesday Book.
4 days ago · Date: Attestation of Warin Fitz Gerold as chamberlain. He was succeeded by his brother Henry before the king left England 14 Aug. 1158 (Eyton, Itinerary, 39–40). The witnesses all attest charters issued by Henry at Dover, 2 × 10 Jan. 1156 (ibid., 15–16).
