King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine had four sons ... and between 1200 and 1204 he lost most of England’s territory in France, including Normandy. King John’s barons in Normandy chose ...

In 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Historians have long debated whether his murder was on the orders of Henry II or if it was a terrible mistake. Thomas Becket would claim ...

Henry was the eldest son of Empress Matilda (daughter of Henry I by his second wife) and her second husband Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' ...