Henry II (Plantagenet), King of England

1133 - 1189  (56 years)

• Name	Henry II (Plantagenet)  [1]
  Suffix	King of England
  Born	1133	Le Mans, Maine, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	1150  [1]
  	Duke of Normandy
  Hereditary Title	1152  [1]
  	jure uxoris Duke of Aquitaine
  Hereditary Title	Between 25 Oct. 1154 and 6 July 1189  [1]
  	King of England
  Coronation	19 Dec. 1154  [1]
  Hereditary Title	1157  [1]
  	Count of Anjou
  Hereditary Title	1157  [1]
  	Count of Maine
  Regnal Name	Henry II
  Died	6 July 1189	Chinon, Anjou, France   [1]
  Person ID	I660	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 Nov. 2018

  
  

  Family	Eleanor (d'Aquitaine), of Aquitaine,   b. 1122,   d. 26 Jan. 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, France  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1152	Bordeaux, France   [1]
  Children	1. William (Plantagenet),   b. 1152,   d. 1156  (Age 4 years)   2. Henry (Plantagenet), The Young King, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou,   b. 28 Feb. 1155,   d. 11 June 1183  (Age 28 years)   3. Maud (Plantagenet),   b. 1156,   d. 8 June 1189  (Age 33 years)   4. Richard I (Plantagenet), the Lionheart, King of England,   b. 8 Sept. 1157, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 6 April 1199, Châlus, Aquitaine, France  (Age 41 years) + 5. Geoffrey (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany,   b. 23 Sept. 1158,   d. 19 Aug. 1186  (Age 27 years) + 6. Eleanor (Plantagenet),   b. 13 Oct. 1162,   d. 31 Oct. 1214  (Age 52 years)   7. Joan (Plantagenet),   b. Oct. 1165,   d. 4 Sept. 1199  (Age ~ 33 years) + 8. John (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 24 Dec. 1166, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 19 Oct. 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	3 Aug. 2018
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Plantagenet: Royal Arms of England (c.1198–1340, 1360–9) "In 1198 (and perhaps rather earlier) [Richard I's] arms were Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. This coat is referred to briefly as England. It was borne by all the later Plantagenet kings. England was borne alone until 1340." Source: Boutell's Heraldry, rev. J. P. Brooke-Little (1970), p. 207.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page li.