The PEDIGREE of
Henry II (King) of ENGLAND

     `Curtmantle' (`Courtmanteau'); d' ANJOU (ANGEVIN); FitzEMPRESS; PLANTAGENET

    Note: Valiant soldier, tireless administrator, ``always gentle and calm in times of urgent peril,'' loved and was loved by his people. His reign was a sharp contrast to the anarchy under Stephen and led to the English Common Law. After his marriage to Eleanor he ruled England, Normandy, Aquitaine, Brittany, Poitou, Anjou, Maine and Guienne.
 
    Note: ``... the very first of [the Plantagenet] name and race, and the very greatest King that England ever knew, but withal the most unfortunate ... his death being imputed to those only to whom himself had given life, his ungracious sons...'' -- Sir Winston Churchill (1620-1688)

     Born:  Le Mans, France 5 Mar 1133    Died:  6 Jul 1189 Chinon, France


HM George I's 13-Great Grandfather.       HRE Ferdinand I's 9-Great Grandfather.       U.S. President's 16-Great Grandfather.       PM Churchill's 20-Great Grandfather.       HM Margrethe II's 20-Great Grandfather.       Gen. Pierpont Hamilton's 22-Great Grandfather.       `Osawatomie' Brown's 20-Great Grandfather.
 poss. Wives/Partners:       Rosamond (Joan) `the Fair' CLIFFORD   ;   Alice de PORHOET   ;   Eleanor (Duchess/Princess) of AQUITAINE   ;   Ida (Countess; TONY)   ;   Rosamund de CLIFFORD   ;   Annabel (de) BALIOL   ;   another mistress
 Children:       (Miss) FitzHENRY   ;   Mathilda (Countess) of RICHMOND   ;   Matilda (Maud) (Princess) of ENGLAND   ;   John `Lackland' (King) of ENGLAND   ;   Eleanor PLANTAGENET   ;   William LONGESPEE   ;   Geoffrey II PLANTAGENET (Duke) of BRITTANY   ;   Joan PLANTAGENET   ;   Richard I `Lion-Heart' (King) of ENGLAND   ;   William   ;   Henry (`Young King')   ;   Philip   ;   Joan   ;   Peter   ;   Geoffrey Longespee (Archbishop of York)   ;   Morgan of Beverley   ;   Hugh of Wells   ;   Richard
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/-- Geoffrey II (IV; Count) in/of GATINAIS   +==&=> [ 200 ,C,ptm,&]
/-- Foulques (Fulk) IV Rechin (Count) d' ANJOU
| \-- Ermengarde (Blanche) (Countess) d' ANJOU   +==&=> [ 202 ,gC,tm,&]
/   | OR: Helie (Ella Heliette Eylo) de SEMUR   +==&=> [ 199 ,c,&]
/-- Foulques (Fulk) V (9th Count) de ANJOU
/  \-- Bertrade de MONTFORT (l' AMAURI)   +==&=> [ 212 ,gC,tm,&]
/-- Geoffrey V `the Fair' (`Plantagenet')
| \  /-- Elias I (Helius Helias) (Count) de MAINE   +==&=> [ 200 ,gC,&]
| \-- Ermengarde (Erembourge Ermengard) du MAINE
/   \-- Matilde (Mahaut) de CHATEAU-DU-LOIRE   +==&=> [ 210 ,gC,tmX,&]
- Henry II (King) of ENGLAND
\   /-- Wm. `the Conqueror' (Duke) of NORMANDY   +==&=> [ 210 ,gC,tmBD,&]
| /-- Henry I BEAUCLERC (King) of ENGLAND
| /  \-- Matilda (Maud) FLEMING   +==&=> [ 210 ,HG,&]
\-- Matilda (Maud Augusta) the EMPRESS
\  /-- Malcolm III MacCRINAN (19th King) of SCOTS   +==&=> [ 213 ,gc,tBD,&]
\-- Matilda (Edith Eagdith) `Atheling' STEWART of SCOTLAND
\-- Margaret (Queen; Saint) of SCOTLAND   +==&=> [ 204 ,Gc,vtm,&]
 

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