(1133–1189)
Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet
Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Curtmantle
Duke of Normandy (1150–1189)
Count of Anjou (1151–1189)
Duke of Aquitaine (1152–1189)
Count of Poitiers (1156–1189)
King of England (1154–1189)
Henry II in Art:
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919)
Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund
Probably 1901–1902
De Morgan Collection
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
Fair Rosamund
1861
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Scott, William Bell (1811-1890)
Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower
c.1853
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Scott, William Bell (1811-1890)
Fair Rosamund in her Bower
after 1854
Private collection
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917)
Fair Rosamund
1916
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Henry II in Film:
The Lion in Winter
1968
Director: Anthony Harvey
Starring: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn
Born | March 5 | 1133 | Le Mans (France) |
Died | July 6 | 1189 | Château de Chinon (France) |
Buried | Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud-l’Abbaye) |
Wife (1152-1189) | Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204) |
Son | William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153-1156) |
Son | Henry the Young King (1155-1183) |
Daughter | Matilda, Duchess of Saxony (1156-1189) |
Son | Richard the Lionheart, King of England (1157-1199) |
Son | Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158-1186) |
Daughter | Eleanor, Queen of Castile (1161-1214) |
Daughter | Joan, Queen of Sicily (1165-1199) |
Son | John Lackland, King of England (1166-1216) |
Lover | Rosamund Clifford (c.1140-c.1176) |