Henry II
1133 - 1189 (55 years)-
Name Henry II Birth 5/05 Mar 1132/1133 Gender Male Death 1189 [1] Person ID I30936 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 7 Sep 2001
Father Geoffrey Plantagenet d. 1151 Mother Mathilda, b. 1103 d. 1167 (Age 64 years) Marriage Aft 1127 [2] Family ID F11244 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eleanor Of Aquitaine, b. 1122, Poitque, , Fra 
d. 1204 (Age 82 years) Children 1. William, b. 1153 d. 1156 (Age 3 years) > 2. Henry, b. 1155 d. 1183 (Age 28 years) 3. Matilda, b. 1156 d. 1189 (Age 33 years) > 4. Richard I, b. 1157 d. 1199 (Age 42 years) 5. Geoffrey, b. 1158 d. 1186 (Age 28 years) 6. Eleanor, b. 1162 d. 1214 (Age 52 years) 7. Joanna, b. 1165 d. 1199 (Age 34 years) > 8. John, b. 24 Dec 1167, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, Uk (Age 48 years)Family ID F11246 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Notes - !BIRTH-DEATH: Much of the information came from the following: "The
Magnificent Century" by Thomas B. Costain (942.034 Cost), "Devil's Brood"by
Alfred Duggan (942.03D), "The Last Plantagenets" by Thomas B. Costain(942.04
Cost)....Became King of England 1154 at age 21. He was made Duke of Normandy before Geoffrey's
death and inherited the Angevin Territories.
BIOGRAPHY: According to Encyclopaedia Brittanica, the surname Plantagent, which was first used by Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, was not used by his descendants in England for over 250 years...Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John, are now generally styled by historians as the Angevin kings, but for want of a better name, their successors, notably Edward I, II & III are still described as Plantagenets...The first official use of the surname Plantagenet by any descendant of Geoffrey occurred in 1460, when Richard, Duke of York, claimed the throne in the name of Richard Plantaginet...
Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.
- !BIRTH-DEATH: Much of the information came from the following: "The
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Sources - [S67] Encyclopaedia Brittanica, (Micropaedia Volume III, Ready Reference & Index), Vol. III / Pg. 206 (Reliability: 0).
"...Henry II died in 1189, an embittered old man..." - [S67] Encyclopaedia Brittanica, (Micropaedia Volume III, Ready Reference & Index), Vol.III/Pg. 206 (Reliability: 0).
"Henry persuaded his barons to take an oath in her support in 1127, but did not consult them concerning her second marriage to Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou.
- [S67] Encyclopaedia Brittanica, (Micropaedia Volume III, Ready Reference & Index), Vol. III / Pg. 206 (Reliability: 0).