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| Henry II, Curtmantle
(1133 - 1189)
| Timeline |
| 1133 |
Born 5 March to Geoffrey Plantagenet and Matilda, daughter of Henry I |
| 1142 |
Travels to England |
| 1150 |
Becomes lord of Normandy |
| 1151 |
Father dies, becomes lord of Anjou |
| 1152 |
Marries Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1153 |
Treaty of Westminster - Stephen keeps the throne under the condition that Henry become his heir |
| 1154 |
Stephen dies, Henry II accedes to the throne |
| 1155 |
Appoints Thomas Becket Chancellor of England; Pope Adrian IV issues the papal bull Laudabiliter, which gives Henry authority to invade Ireland and bring its Church under the control of Rome |
| 1162 |
Appoints Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1164 |
Constitutions of Clarendon, quarrel with Becket |
| 1166 |
Assize of Clarendon; beginning of the English settlement of Ireland |
| 1170 |
Becket murdered |
| 1171 |
Henry is accepted as Lord of Ireland; Council of Cashel |
| 1173 |
Henry's sons, Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey, lead a rebellion against him |
| 1176 |
Assize of Northampton |
| 1189 |
Henry dies on 6 July |
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