Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, and Lord of Ireland, and King of England Henry Plantagenet, II

1132 - 1189  (57 years)

• Name	Henry Plantagenet  [1, 2]
  Title	Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, and Lord of Ireland, and King of England
  Suffix	II
  Birth	5 Mar 1132	Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
  Name	Curtmantle
  Religion	Henry's desire to reform England's relationship with the 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 Becket's death in 1170
  		Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
  _MILT	Sons Philip and Richard feared that Henry would make John king, and a final rebellion broke out in 1189. Decisively defeated by Philip and Richard and suffering from a bleeding ulcer, Henry retreated to Chinon in Anjou, where he died.
  Death	6 Jul 1189	Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France   [2]
  Burial	Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France   [2]
  	Fontevraud Abbey
  		Tomb of Eleanor & Henry Plantagenet
  Person ID	I7953	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Count of Anjou, Touraine, Maine and Duke of Normandy Geoffrey Plantagenet, V,   b. 24 Aug 1113, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 7 Sep 1151, Eurre, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Holy Roman Empress Matilda of England,   b. 7 Feb 1102, London, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Jun 1128
  Family ID	F4453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ida de Tosny,   b. 1156, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 7 Mar 1226, Norfolk, England (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1176
  	Ida was a royal ward and mistress of King Henry, by whom she was mother of one of his illegitimate sons - William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
  Family ID	F2681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor of Aquitaine,   b. 22 Nov 1121, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d. 31 Mar 1204, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 May 1152	Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
  Children	1. King of England John Plantagenet,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Mar 1132 - Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France Marriage - 11 May 1152 - Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Death - 6 Jul 1189 - Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France Burial - - Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Martyrdom of Thomas Becket

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S189] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).