Henri II "Courtmanteau" Plantagenêt King of England

   Another name for Henri was Henry II "Curtmantle," King of England.

  Information about this person:

• Henry II, King of England:

• Background Information. ⁸⁸³
Henry II was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenêt and Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, King of England. He was born 5 Mar 1133 at Le Mans, Anjou, and became the Count of Touraine and Maine in 1151. He succeeded his father as the Duke of Normany and the count of Anjou on 7 Sep 1151. He became the Duke of Aquitaine in the right of his wife, Eleanor, 18 May 1152. He succeeded his cousin, Stephen, as King of England on 19 Dec 1154.

~ Weir's Britain's Royal Families, the Complete Geneaology, p 59-60

• Children. ¹⁹³
Legitimate children with Eleanor of Aquitaine
William
Henry married Marguerite de France
Matilda married Heinrich der Löwe, Duke of Saxony
Richard I
Geoffrey married Constance Heiress of Britanny
Eleanor married Alphonso VIII King of Castille
Joan married William, King of Sicily and Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
John "Lockland" who married Isabella of Angoulême

Illegitimate children:
Geoffry Bishop of Lincoln
William "Longespee"
Morgan provost of Beverley
Matilda abbess of Barking, Essex

• Web Reference: Henry II from English Monarchs.

• Web Reference: Henry II from Britannia.

• Web Reference: Henry II from the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Web Reference: The Henry Project by Stewart Baldwin.

• Descendent of Charlemagne. ⁵²⁹
Charlemagne=Hildegarde of Swabia
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Louis I, le Débonnair, King of the Franks
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Rotrude=Gerard comté de Auverne
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Ranulf I, comté de Poitou=Daughter of Rodrick comté de Maine
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Ranulf II, comté de Poitou, duc de Aquitaine
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Ebeles Mancer, comté de Poitou, natural son of Ranulf II=Emiliane
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William I, comté de Poitou=Gerlock (Adele) daughter of Rollo Duke of Normandy
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Adelaide de Poitou=Hugh Capet, King of France
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Robert II, the Pious, King of France=Constance de Toulouse
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Adele of France=Baldwin V de Lille, count of Flanders
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Matilda of Flanders=William I, the Conqueror
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Henry I, King of England=Matilda of Scotland
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Matilda, the Empresses=Geoffrey V Plantagenêt
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Henry II, King of England=Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine (Eleanor shares the first seven ancestors)

~ Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II, p. 83

Charlemagne, King of the Franks=Hidegarde, Princess of Swabia
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Pepin, King of Italy and Lombardy
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Bernard, King of Italy-Cunigunde
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Herbert I, comté de Vermandois=Bertha de Morvois, daughter of Guarri, comté de Morvois
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Herbert II, comté de Vermandois=Liegarde, daughter of Robert I, Duke of France and his first wife, Adele
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Robert, comté de Vermandois-Adelaide de Burgogne, daughter of Giselbert, comté de Burgogne & his wife Ermengarde
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Adelaide de Vermandois=Geoffrey I, Grisgonell, comté de Anjou, son of Fulk II, Comté de Anjou and his wife Gerberga
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Ermengard de Anjou=Conon I, Duke de Bretagne
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Judith de Bretagne=Richard II, Duke of Normandy
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Robert I, Duke of Normandy
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William I, King of England=Matilda of Flanders
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Henry I, King of England= Matilda of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm II, Canmore, King of the Scots and his wife St. Margaret
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Matilda of England=Geoffrey V Plantagenêt
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Henry II, King of England=Eleanor de Aquitaine

~ Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II, p. 202-203

Charlemagne=Hildegarde of Swabia
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Louis I, le Débonnair, King of the Franks=Ermengard, daughter of Ingeramun, count of Hasbaye
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Lotharius I, King of Italy=Ermengarde, daughter of Hugo II, comté de Tours (Alsace)
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Lotharius II, King of Lorraine-Waldrade
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Princess Bertha-Theobald, comté de Arles
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Boso, comté de Arles, Markgaf of Tucanny=Willia
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Willa=Berenger II, King of Italy, Markgaf of Ivrea, son of Adalbert, Markgraft of Ivrea and his wife, Princess Gisela, daughter of Berenger I, King of Italy and Emperor of the West
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Princess Susanna (Rosela)=Arnolph II of Flanders, son of Baldwin III, count of Flanders and his wife Mathilda, daughter of Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony
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Baldwin IV, count of Flanders=Otigiva, daughter of Frederick, Count of Luxemburg
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Baldwin V, count of Flanders=Adele, daughter of Robert II, King of France
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Mathilda of Flanders=William the Conqueror
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Henry I, King of England=Matilda, daughter of Malcolm, King of Scots and St. Margaret
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Mitilda, Empress of Germany=Geoffrey Plantagenêt
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Henry II, King of England= Eleanor of Aquitaine

~ Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II, p. 284-285

Charlemagne=Hildegarde, daughter of Gerold I, count in Vinzgau
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Louis I, Emperor of the West=Judith, daughter of Welf, count in Bavaria
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Charles II, the Bald, Emperor of the West=Ermentrude, daughter of Odo, Count of Orleans
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Judith of France=Baldwin I, count of Flanders
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Baldwind II, count of Flanders=Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great
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Baldwind III, count of Flanders=Alix, daughter of Heribert II, Count of Vemandois (also descendant of Charlemagne
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Arnulf II, count of Flanders=Rosala of Ivrea, daughter of Berengar II, Marquess of Ivreas, King of Italy (also descendant of Charlemagne)
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Baldwin IV, count of Flanders=Otigiva, daughter of Frederick, Count of Luxemburg
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Baldwin V, count of Flanders=Adele, daughter of Robert II, King of France
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Mathilda of Flanders=William the Conqueror
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Henry I, King of England=Matilda, daughter of Malcolm, King of Scots and St. Margaret
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Mitilda, Empress of Germany=Geoffrey Plantagenêt
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Henry II, King of England= Eleanor of Aquitaine

~Emperor Charlemagnes Descendents, vol. II, pp. 185-186

Henri next married Aliénor de Aquitaine, daughter of Guillaume X "le Jeune" Duc de Aquitaine et VIII Comté de Poitou and Aénor de Châtellerault, on 11 May 1152 in Bordeaux, Aquitaine.¹⁶⁰ (Aliénor de Aquitaine was born in 1120-1122 in Château de Belin, Gironde,⁸⁸³ died 31 Mar or 1 Apr 1204 in Fontévrault Abbey ¹⁶⁰ and was buried in Abbaye de Fontévrault, Fontevrault ¹⁶⁰.)

Henri had a relationship with Ida Countess de Toeni, daughter of Ralph de Toeni Lord of Flamstead and Margaret de Beaumont. (Ida Countess de Toeni was born about 1155.)