Henry I Beauclerc
(1068-1135)
Matilda Canmore of Scotland
(Cir 1079-1118)
Geoffrey V le Bon Plantagenet of Anjou Duke of Normandy
(1113-1151)
Matilda (Maud) Empress of Germany
(1101-1167)

Henry II Curmantle Plantagenet
(1133-1189)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Elbeonore Princess of Aquitaine

2. Rosamond Clifford

Henry II Curmantle Plantagenet

  • Born: 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe France
  • Marriage (1): Elbeonore Princess of Aquitaine on 18 May 1152 in Gironde France
  • Marriage (2): Rosamond Clifford on 18 May 1152
  • Died: 6 Jul 1189, Rue De Chateau, Chinon France at age 56
  • Buried: Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud France

  General Notes:

Reign 25 Oct 1154 to 6 Jul 1189

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Mary-Ann Cook who writes:
King Henry II (reigned 1154-89) ruled over an empire which stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees.

One of the strongest, most energetic and imaginative rulers, Henry was the inheritor of three dynasties who had acquired Aquitaine by marriage; his charters listed them: `King of the English, Duke of the Normans and Aquitanians and Count of the Angevins`.

The King spent only 13 years of his reign in England; the other 21 years were spent on the continent in his territories in what is now France. Henry`s rapid movements in carrying out his dynastic responsibilities astonished the French King, who noted `now in England, now in Normandy, he must fly rather than travel by horse or ship`.

By 1158, Henry had restored to the Crown some of the lands and royal power lost by Stephen; Malcom IV of Scotland was compelled to return the northern counties. Locally chosen sheriffs were changed into royally appointed agents charged with enforcing the law and collecting taxes in the counties. Personally interested in government and law, Henry made use of juries and re-introduced the sending of justices (judges) on regular tours of the country to try cases for the Crown. His legal reforms have led him to be seen as the founder of English Common Law.

Henry`s disagreements with the Archbishop of Canterbury (the king`s former chief adviser), Thomas à Becket, over Church-State relations ended in Becket`s murder in 1170 and a papal interdict on England. Family disputes over territorial ambitions almost wrecked the king`s achievements.

Henry died in France in 1189, at war with his son Richard who had joined forces with King Philip of France to attack Normandy.

• connection. Robyn Bray's links to Ethelred II (c967) whose statue is in Essex
* Ethelred II (c967 - 1016)
* Edmund Ironside (c986)
* Edward the Exile (1016)
* He had St Margaret (c1045) who married Malcolm Canmore (1031)
* They had Matilda Canmore of Scoltand (c1079) who married Henry 1 Beauclerc (1068)
* They had Matilda (Maud) Empress of Germany (1101) who married Geoffrey V Duke of Normandy (1113)
* They had Henry II Curmantle Plantagenet (1133)
* He had John'lackland King of England in 1166
* He had Henry III King of England (1207)
* He had Edward I (Longshanks) King of England (1239)
* He had Joan Princess of Plantagenet Joan of Acre (1271) & she married
Gilbert the Red (Gloucester de Clare) (1243)
* They had Margaret De Clare (1293) who married Hugh de Audley (1290)
* They had Margaret De Audley in 1312 who married Ralf De Stafford (1301)
* They had Catherine Stafford (1339) who married John Sutton (1329)
* They had John Sutton (1361)
* He had John Sutton (1380)
*He had John Dudley Sutton (1400) (Lord Dudley)
* He had Edmund Sutton (1425)
* He had David Sutton(1471) who married Catherine Knight (1475) who also married David Ireland (1470)
* They had Marie Ireland (1509) who married Richard Trentham (1504)
* They had Catherine Ireland (1542) who married Thomas Lane (1531)
* They had John Lane (1558)
* He had Walter Lane (1604)
* He had James Lane (1650)
* He had John Lane (1680)
* He had Walter Lane (1710)
* He had Walter Lane (1735)
* He had Sarah Lane (1773) who married Tom New (1780)
* His father was Joseph New (1734) and who also had Daniel New (1752)
* He had Joseph New (1778)
* He had William New (1798)
* He had Edward New (1833)
* He had Nathaniel New (1861)
* He had Elsie New (1906) who married Albert Croft (1900)
* His father was Albert Croft (1871)
* His father was Albert Croft (1845)
* His father was James Croft (1801)
* His father was Matthew Croft (1741)
* His father was John Croft (1706) and he also had Thomas Croft (1736)
* He had Matthew Croft (1793)
* He had Ann Croft (1834) who married Thomas Bell (1833)
* They had Elizabeth Bell (1860) who married Thomas Atkinson (1859)
* They had Martha Atkinson (1892) who married Septimus Hunter (1888)
* They had Elizabeth Hunter (1916) who married George Heptinstall (1911)
* His father was Alan Heptinstll (1877) who married Harriet Evans (1881)
* Her father was William Evans (1845)
* His father was John Evans (1821) and he also had Josiah Evans (1851) who married Mary Davis (1848)
* Her father was Thomas Davis (c1805) and he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
* He had George Arthur Davies (1894)
* He had Colin Davies (1925)
* He had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) 1950


Henry married Elbeonore Princess of Aquitaine, daughter of Guilaume X Duke of Aquitaine and Elbeanor De Chatellerault, on 18 May 1152 in Gironde France. (Elbeonore Princess of Aquitaine was born in 1122 in Bordeaux France, died on 31 Mar 1204 in Mirabel Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne France and was buried on 1 Apr 1204 in Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud France.)


Henry next married Rosamond Clifford, daughter of Walter Fitz-Ponce de Clifford and Margaret De Toeni, on 18 May 1152. (Rosamond Clifford was born circa 1136 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire England and died circa 1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire England.)


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