King Henry II England, "Plantagenet"

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Henry II "Curt Mantel," Duke of Normandy, Count of Maine and Anjou, King Of
England became king in 1154. At the height of his power, Henry ruled England
and almost all western France. His marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most
famous woman of the age, brought the duchy of Aquitaine under his control.
Henry also claimed to rule Scotland, Wales, and eastern Ireland.

Henry II carried on his grandfather's policy of limiting the power of the
nobles. He also tried to make the Roman Catholic Church in England submit to
his authority. This policy brought him into conflict with Thomas a Becket,
Archbishop of Canterbury. Four of the king's knights murdered Becket while he
was at vespers in his cathedral.

Henry made Anglo-Saxon common law, rather than the revised Roman law, the
supreme law of the land. He introduced trial by jury and circuit courts. In
his later years, Henry's sons often rebelled against him. Two of them, Richard
the Lion-Hearted and John, became the next two kings of England.
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"The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p H178.
"Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 37-38.

Henry married Eleanore Princess Of Aquitaine, [queen Of Englan 4 May 1152, , Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Eleanore (daughter of Guillaume X Duke Aquitaine and Eleanor De Chatellerault) was born 1120/1121, Chateau de Belin, Gironde, France; died 24 Mar 1204, Mirabell Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne, France; was buried FontevraultAbbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet]

1. William Prince Of England was born 10 Aug 1152, , Le Mans, Sarthe, France; died Mar 1156, Wallingford Cast, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; was buried , Reading, Berkshire, England.
2. Henry Prince Of England was born 21 Mar 1155, Bermandseypalace, London, Middlesex, England; died 4 Jun 1183, Mortel Castle, Turenne, Correze, France; was buried , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
3. Matilda Princess Of England was born 1155, , London, Middlesex, England; was christened Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England; died 21 Jun 1189, , Brunswick, Germany; was buried St Blasius, Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
4. King Richard I "Coeur De Lion" England was born 6 Sep 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died 30 Mar 1199, , Chalus, Haute-Vienne, France; was buried , Fontevrault L'Ab, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
5. Geoffrey Prince Of England was born 16 Sep 1158, , England; died 12 Aug 1186, , Paris, Seine, France; was buried Notre Dame, Paris, Seine, France.
6. Philip Prince Of England was born Abt 1159, Of, England; died Abt 1159/1161.
7. Eleanor Princess Of England, [Queen] was born 6 Oct 1162, , Falaise, Calvados, France; was christened , Damfront, Normandy, France; died 24 Oct 1214, , Burgos, Spain; was buried , Huelgas, Burgos, Spain.
8. Joanna Princess Of England was born Sep 1164, , Angers, Maine-Et-Loire, France; died 28 Aug 1199, , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried , Fontevrault L'Ab, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
9. King John "Lackland" England was born 17 Dec 1166, Kings Manorhouse, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died 12 Oct 1216, , Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried Worcester, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.

Henry married Annabel Balliol, [Concubine 3] 11 May 1153. Annabel (daughter of Barnard Balliol and Agnes Piquigny) was born Abt 1152, , England; died 24 Mar 1204. [Group Sheet]

1. William Longespee, [Earl] was born Abt 1172, , England; died 28 Feb 1225, , England; was buried Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

Henry — Rosamond Clifford. Rosamond was born Abt 1132, , Clifford, Herefordshire, England; died Abt 1175, , Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; was buried Godstow, Wolvercott, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Henry — Ykenai Hikenai, [Concubine 1]. Ykenai was born Abt 1130, Of, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Geoffrey Plantagenet, [Archbishop] was born Abt 1150/1152, Of, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died 11 Dec 1212, , Notredameduparc, Seine-Maritime, France.

Henry — {Unknown}, [Concubine 2]. {Unknown} was born Abt 1147, Of, Wales. [Group Sheet]

1. Morgan Provost Of Beverly was born Abt 1167, , Wales; died Abt 1216, Fountains Abbey, Ripon, Yorkshire, England.

Henry — {Unknown}, [Concubine 5]. {Unknown} was born Abt 1147, Of, Wales. [Group Sheet]

1. Peter Arch Deacon Lincoln was born Abt 1158, Of, England; died Abt 1216/1217.

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Goeffrey V Plantagent, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou usually wore on his
helmet a sprig of the broom and the French words for this (plante and genet)
became the English name Plantagenet.

Stuart has marriage with Matilda as 7 June 1128.
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"The Illustrated Home Library Encyclopedia", 1957, 3929.
"Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 37.

Geoffrey married Matilda (Maud) Princess England, Empress 15 May 1127, , Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Matilda (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc" England, [King] and Matilda "Atheling" Princess Scotland) was born Bef 29 Jul 1102, , London, Middlesex, England; died 3 Sep 1169, Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, France. [Group Sheet]

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Matilda (Maud) Princess Of England, Empress of Germany.
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Foulques V "le Jeune" (the younger), Count Of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, 1131;
Crusader.
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Foulques married Ermengarde (Ermentrude) Du Maine, [Countess] 4 Jul 1110, , France. Ermengarde (daughter of Elias (Helie), Count Maine and Matilde De Chateau Du Loire, [Countess]) was born Abt 1095, Maine, France; died 1125, Maine, France. [Group Sheet]

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Countess of Anjou, Heiress of Maine.
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Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of England succeeded his brother, William II, in 1100.
Henry helped unite the Saxons and Normans in England. To gain the favor of his
Saxon subjects, he married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and his
Saxon wife Margaret.

During his reign, Henry worked to restrain the growing power of the barons. He
promoted the Norman system of centralized rule and gave the royal courts greater
authority. His wars against rebellious nobles in France helped start a feeling
of English nationalism.
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"The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p H178.

Henry married Matilda "Atheling" Princess Scotland 4 Nov 1100, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England. Matilda (daughter of Malcolm III, King Scotland and Margaret "Atheling", Princess England, [Queen]) was born Abt 1078/1079, , Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland; died 24 Apr 1118, , Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried May 1118, Church of St Pet, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]

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Matilda "Atheling" Princess Of Scotland
Buried Church of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, England

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Foulques IV "Rechin," Count Of Anjou, chronicler of the counts of Anjou.
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Foulques married Bertrade De Montfort, [Queen of France 1088. Bertrade (daughter of Simon I Montfort, [Seigneur de] and Agnes D' Evreux) was born Abt 1058, Montfort, France; died 7 Feb 1117, , Fontrevault, France. [Group Sheet]

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Elias (Helie), Count Of Maine

Elias married Matilde De Chateau Du Loire, [Countess] Bef 1091. Matilde (daughter of Gervase Seigneur De Chateau Du Loire and Erenburg, Mrs De Chateau Du Loire) was born Abt 1054, Of Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, France; died 1098. [Group Sheet]

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Countess of Maine

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William I "The Conqueror" King Of England, Duke of Normandy was the first
Norman king of England. He inherited Normandy at the age of eight. During his
youth, there were many disorders. At the age of 20, he put down a great
rebellion at the battle of Val-es-dunes, which he won with the aid of his lord,
King Henry of France. From that time on, William ruled Normandy with an iron
hand.

In 1051, William visited England. King Edward the Confessor granted him the
succession to the English throne as his nearset adult heir. In 1064, Harold,
Edward's brother-in-law, was shipwrecked on the Norman coast and was taken
prisoner. He promised to support William's claim to the throne in return for
his freedom. But when Edward died in 1066, Harold obtained the succession on
the basis of a deathbed grant by Edward and election by the nobles and prelates
of England.

William immediately invaded England. His expedition had the pope's blessings,
because William was expected to depose the Anglo-Saxon archbishop of Canterbury
and introduce ecclesiastical reforms. Before William could sail, the king of
Norway invaded northern England. King Harold hurried north and defeated the
Norwegian invaders at Stamford Bridge. William landed before Harold could
return to defend the coast. The Normans destroyed the Anglo-Saxon army and
killed Harold at the Battle of Hastings.

On Christmas Day, 1066, William was crowned king William then suppressed local
rebellions. He took lands from those who resisted him, and gave them to his
followers to hold in return for their military service to him. To emphasize
the legitimacy of his crown, William confirmed the laws of Edward the Confessor
and retained all the powers of the Anglo-Saxon monarchy. He levied Danegeld,
the only national tax on landed property in all of Europe at that time. At
Salisbury in 1086, he made all the landholders, even the vassals of his barons,
swear allegiance directly to him as king.

William was devout, firm in purpose, and unchanging in gaining his ends. His
greatest monument is Domesday Book, an exhaustive survey of the land, the
principal landholders, the farm population, and the material and financial
resources of his realm.

Buried in Abbey of St Stephen, Caen, Calvados, France
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William married Matilda Countess Of Flanders, [Queen] 1052, Castle Of, Angi, Normandy, France. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin V Count Flanders and Adele (Alix) Princess France) was born Abt 1030, Of, Flanders, France; died 27 Oct 1083, , Caen, Calvados, France; was buried Chrchholytrinity, Caen, Calvados, France. [Group Sheet]

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Queen of England

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Malcolm III Canmore, King Of Scotland was crowned at Scone, 17 March 1057/8 was
slain while besieging Alnwick Castle.

Buried Holy Trinity Church, Dumferline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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"Ancestrial Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and
1650", 1969, Frederick Lewis Weis, p 111.
"Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 2.

Malcolm married Margaret "Atheling", Princess England, [Queen] 1066/1068, Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Edward "Atheling", Prince England, [The Exile] and Agatha Of Hungary Augsburg) was born Abt 1042/1044, Of, Wessex, England; died 10 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland; was buried , Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet]

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St. Margaret "Atheling", Princess Of England
Queen of Scotland
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"Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 2.