dmitriy-king+henry+the+2nd

=KING HENRY THE 2ND= = BORN: 1133-1189= = LIVED: Lemans France= = PARENTS: Geoffrey,Count of Anjou, and Empress Matilda = = RELATIONSHIP TO ELIZABETH TH 1ST: 22nd great-grandfather = = HOUSE OF: Angevin = = ASCENDED TO THRONE: October/25/1154 aged 21 years = = CROWNED: December/19/1154 at Westminster Abbey = = MARRIED: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Daughter of william X, Duke of Aquitaine = = CHILDREN: Five sons including Richard 1 and John,three daughters and several illegitimate children = = DIED: July/6/1189 at Chinton Castle,Anjou,aged 56 years,4 months,and 1 day = = BURIED AT: Fontevraud,France = = REGAINED FOR: 34 years,8 months, and 11 days = = SUCCEEDED BY: His son Richard =

=BACKGROUND= Henry was born at Lemans in North West France on March/4/1133. His father was count Anjou and his mother Matilda, daughter of Henry 2 of England. Henry had named Matilda as his successor to the English throne but her cousin Stephen had taken over.He married twice and, Henry had only two legitimate children.( He had at least another twenty outside marriage).

=CHILDHOOD= =Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in 1142 to defend his mother's claim to the disputed throne of Stephen. He spent his childhood in his father's land of Anjou.=

=EDUCATION= =At the age of nine ,Robert1st Earl of Gloucester took henry to England where he received Education at Bristoll.= = = =CARRER/JOBS= =Henry the 2nd accedes to the throne at the age of 21 upon the death of his second cousin,Stephen.Now he has to be a good king and be a fair guy.= =ACHIEVEMENTS= =King Henry the 2nd was the founder of the Angevin, or Plantagent, line in England and one of the ablest and most remarkable of the English Kings.= = = =INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD= =His influence on the world was he was the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty and of the Angevin Empire.=

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