Henry of Anjou

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Henry of Anjou, later known as King Henry II of England, was the first Plantagenet monarch who restored royal authority after civil war and established enduring legal and administrative reforms.

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Henry of Anjou canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Count of Anjou ⓘ
Count of Maine ⓘ
Count of Nantes ⓘ
Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ
Duke of Normandy ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
Plantagenet monarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henri Plantagenêt ⓘ
linked to: Henry Plantagenet

Henry Curtmantle ⓘ
Henry FitzEmpress ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
birthDate 1133-03-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Angevin Empire ⓘ
County of Maine ⓘ
Le Mans ⓘ
burialPlace Fontevraud Abbey ⓘ
child Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile ⓘ
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Henry the Young King ⓘ
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily ⓘ
John, King of England ⓘ
linked to: John of England

Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony ⓘ
Richard I of England ⓘ
William IX, Count of Poitiers ⓘ
conflict Revolt of 1173–1174 ⓘ
The Anarchy ⓘ
conflict with Thomas Becket ⓘ
coronationDate 1154-12-19 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1189-07-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Anjou ⓘ
Chinon Castle ⓘ
linked to: Chinon
father Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin ⓘ
mother Empress Matilda ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Plantagenet ⓘ
notableAchievement legal and administrative reforms in England ⓘ
restoration of royal authority after the Anarchy ⓘ
notableWork development of the English common law ⓘ
predecessor Stephen of Blois ⓘ
realm County of Anjou ⓘ
County of Maine ⓘ
Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
reignEnd 1189-07-06 ⓘ
reignStart 1154-12-19 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
successor Richard I of England ⓘ

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The Anarchy → participant → Henry of Anjou ⓘ
Stephen–Matilda conflict → participant → Henry of Anjou ⓘ