King of England from 1154 to 1189
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He held more of France than the French king did. Henry II ran an empire that stretched from Scotland to the Pyrenees, answered to no one, and spent most of his reign at war with his own family.
Henry was born in 1133, the eldest son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England. By fourteen he was fighting for his mother's claim to the English throne against her cousin Stephen; by 1150 his father made him Duke of Normandy, and a year later he inherited Anjou, Maine, and Touraine. His marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine handed him control of most of France. A military expedition in 1153 forced Stephen to accept him as heir; Henry became king in 1154. He spent the early years restoring royal power, fought campaigns in Wales, and clashed bitterly with his former frien…
Sourced, dated quotes from Henry II of England
What miserable drones and traitors have I nurtured and promoted in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric!
O wretched Man that I am, who shall deliver me from this turbulent Priest?
Will no one rid me of him? A priest! A priest who jeers at me and does me injury.
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?!
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