9691 Individuals in our Database | | | | KING OF ENGLAND Henry II CURTMANTLE Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 1133 MAR 05 | Death Date | 1189 JUL 06 | Father | GEOFFREY V Plantagenet, d'Blois Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain THE FAIR - THE HANSOME | Born: 1113 | Died: 1151 | Mother | Matilda | Born: 1102 | Died: 1167 | | Henry Notes: | During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany.
| Notes: | Henry became politically and militarily involved by the age of fourteen in the efforts of his mother, Matilda (daughter of Henry I of England), to claim the English throne, at that time held by Matildas cousin Stephen of Blois. Henrys father, Geoffrey, made him Duke of Normandy in 1150, and upon Geoffreys death in 1151, Henry inherited Anjou, Maine and Touraine. His marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine brought him control of the Duchy of Aquitaine. Thus, he controlled most of France. Henrys military expedition to England in 1153 resulted in King Stephen agreeing, by the Treaty of Wallingford, to leave England to Henry, and he inherited the kingdom at Stephens death a year later. Henry was an energetic and ruthless ruler, driven by a desire to restore the royal lands and prerogatives of his grandfather Henry I. During the early years of his reign Henry restored the royal administration in England, which had almost collapsed during Stephens reign, and re-established hegemony over Wales. Henrys desire to control the English Church led to conflict with his former friend Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. This controversy lasted for much of the 1160s and resulted in Beckets murder in 1170. Soon after his accession Henry came into conflict with Louis VII of France, his feudal overlord, and the two rulers fought, over several decades, what has been termed a "cold war". Henry expanded his empire at Louiss expense, taking Brittany and pushing east into central France and south into Toulouse; despite numerous peace conferences and treaties, no lasting agreement was reached.
| Notes: | Henry was born in Maine at Le Mans on 5 March 1133, the eldest child of the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.[3] The French county of Anjou was formed in the 10th century and its Angevin rulers attempted for several centuries to extend their influence and power across France through careful marriages and political alliances.[4][5] In theory, the county answered to the French king, but royal power over Anjou weakened during the 11th century and the county became largely autonomou
| |  | Birth Date | 1133 London | Death Date | 1233 | Father | | Born: | Died: | Mother | | Born: | | Ykenai "Ikenai", "Hikenai", "mistress of Henry II" Notes: | Partner of Henry II "Curtmantle", king of England | Individual Notes: | | More Notes: | | | |
Birth Date | 1156 | Birth Place | Norfolk, England | Death Date | 1226 | Death Place | Norfolk, England | Father | | Born: | Died: | Mother | | Born: | Died: | | |
Birth Date | 1122 | Birth Place | | Death Date | 1204 | Death Place | | Father | | Mother | | Married: | | Eleanor d Aquitaine Notes: | | Individual Notes: | | More Notes: | | | |
Birth Date | 1148 | Birth Place | | Death Date | 1234 | Death Place | | Father | | Mother | | Married: | | Nest Verch Lorwerth Notes: | | Individual Notes: | | More Notes: | | | |
Birth Date | 1136 | Birth Place | | Death Date | 1176 | Death Place | | Father | | Mother | | Married: | | Rosamond de Clifford Notes: | | Individual Notes: | | More Notes: | | | |
Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain GEOFFREY Plantagenet, d'Blois V THE FAIR - THE HANSOME House of::Plantagenet (Founder) b.1113 d.1151 See Notes | KING of JERUSALEM Fulk of Anjou V THE YOUNGER b.1089 d.1143 See Notes | count of Anjou Fulk IV THE SURLY Fulk le Réchin b.1043 d.1109 See Notes | count of Gâtinais Geoffrey GASTINOIS b.1000 d.1045 | comte de Gatinais Hughes du Perche b.0955 Gatinais, France
| de Nogent-le-Rotrou. Comte de Mortagne Fulcois Seigneur VISCOUNT OF CHATEAUDUN b.0965 d.1031 | de Mortagne-au-Perche Geoffroy du Perche I b.0925 France
| | | | | | | | | | | | Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain GEOFFREY Plantagenet, d'Blois V THE FAIR - THE HANSOME House of::Plantagenet (Founder) b.1113 d.1151 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | Hildegarde de Montagne b.0925
| count of Mortagne Hatve I
| | | | | | | | | | | | Hildegarde de Montagne b.0925
| | | | | | | | | | Gerberge de Gatinais b.0915 d.0977 | Gaucelin b.0875 France
| | | | | | | | | | | Gerberge de Gatinais b.0915 d.0977 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen consort of France Bartrada of Montfort b.1059 d.1117 | Simon Laine of Montfort I b.1025 d.1087 | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen consort of France Bartrada of Montfort b.1059 d.1117 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | countess of Maine Ermengarde de Beaugency b.1092 d.1126 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024-persons | - | Empress Matilda of England and Queen of Germany Matilda HOLY ROMAN EMPRESS b.1102 d.1167 See Notes | KING OF ENGLAND Henry I BEAUCLERC b.1068 d.1135 | king of england William THE CONQUEROR b.1024 d.1087 | Duke of Normandy Robert I THE MAGNIFICENT b.1000 d.1035 | Duke of Normandy Richard FitzRichard II THE GOOD b.0693 d.1026 | Duke of Normandy Richard FitzWilliam I THE FEARLESS b.0933 d.0996 | Duke of Normandy William de Normandie I LONGSWORD b.0900 d.0942 | DUKE OF NORMANDY ROLLO Ragnvaldsson ROLLO b.0860 Mære, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0930 See Notes | Earl of More Ragnvald Eysteinsson I b.0825 Vestfold, Norway d.0894 See Notes | Earl of MORE Eystein Glumra IVARSSON THE NOISY b.0810 d.0872 See Notes | MORE> | | | | | | | | | Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir of More b.0789 Norway d.0892 | Jarl Hrolf av Trondheim NOSE b.0768 Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0837 | MORE> | | | | | | | | Poppa de Bayeux b.0872 d.0930 | Berengal de Bayeux de Senlis b.0814
| | | | | | | | | | | Adela de Vermandois b.0852
| | | | | | | | | SPROTA b.0911 d.0940 | | | | | | | | | | | | SPROTA b.0911 d.0940 | | | | | | | | | Duchess of Normandy Gunnor b.0936 d.1031 | | | | | | | | | | | | Duchess of Normandy Gunnor b.0936 d.1031 | | | | | | | | | Duchess of Normandy Gunnor b.0936 d.1031 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Matilda of Scotland MATILDA THE GOOD b.1079 d.1118 | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen of Scots Saint Margaret b.1045 d.1093 | Ætheling of England Edward THE EXILE b.1016 d.1057 | King of England Edmund II IRONSIDE b.0988 d.1016 | King of the English Aethelred II THE UNREADY b.0966 Wessex, England d.1016 See Notes | King of the English Edgar I THE PEACEFUL b.0943 d.0975 See Notes | king of The English Edmund I THE MAGNIFICENT b.0923 d.0946 See Notes | king of The Anglo-Saxons Edward I THE ELDER b.0874 d.0924 See Notes | king of The Anglo-Saxons Alfred THE GREAT b.0849 d.0899 See Notes | MORE> | | | | | | | | | Queen of England Eadgifu b.0896 d.0968 | Ealdorman of East Kent Sigehelm b.0871 d.0902 See Notes | MORE> | | | | | | | | Queen of England Eadgifu b.0896 d.0968 | | | | | | | | | | Aelfthryth Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England b.0945 Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | | | | Aelfthryth Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England b.0945 Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | Queen Of England Aelfgifu of York b.0963 Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England d.1002 | Ealdorman of York Thored Gunnarsson of Northumbria b.0938 Wessex, England d.0992 See Notes | Gunnar of York b.0908 d.0979 | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen Of England Aelfgifu of York b.0963 Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | | Queen Of England Aelfgifu of York b.0963 Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | | Queen Of England Aelfgifu of York b.0963 Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | Queen Of England Aelfgifu of York b.0963 Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 persons | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 Persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | | | | |