444. HENRY II27 KING OF ENGLAND 1154-1189 (Geoffrey, #449) 5976, 5977, 5978 was born in 1133 at Le Mans, Maine, France. 5979 He married Eleanor of Aquitane (see #445), daughter of William X Duke of Aquitane. 5980 He died in 1189. 5981
He was crowned in 1154. 5982 Henry greatly expanded his Anglo-French domains and strengthened the royal administration in England. His quarrels with Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, and with members of his own family - his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and sons Richard the Lion-Heart and John Lackland - ultimately brought about his defeat. 5983
Children of Henry II27 King of England 1154-1189 and Eleanor of Aquitane (see #445) were as follows:

445. ELEANOR27 OF AQUITANE (William, #451)6001,6002 married Louis VII King of France divorced.6003 She married Henry II King of England 1154-1189 (see #444), son of Count Geoffrey of Anjou and Matilda.6004 She died.6005
Mother of Richard I the Lion-Heart and John of England, she was perhaps the most powerful woman in 12th-century Europe.6006

446. AYNER27 TAILLEFER COUNT OF ANGOULÊME.6007
Children of Ayner27 Taillefer Count of Angoulême include:

447. ALPHONSO VIII27 OF CASTILLE6008 married Eleanor (see #448), daughter of Henry II King of England 1154-1189 and Eleanor of Aquitane.6009
Children of Alphonso VIII27 of Castille and Eleanor (see #448) were:

448. ELEANOR27 (Henry, #444)6010,6011,6012 married Alphonso VIII of Castille (see #447).6013




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