1. In 1154, Henry II became King of England.

2. One contemporary manuscript shows Henry II crowned by the hand of Christ.

3. Henry II was the first king to be recognized as overlord of Ireland.

4. King Henry II and his reforms.

5. The ways King Henry II consolidate the monarchy.

6. Henry II was the first king of the House of Plantagenet.

7. The youngest son of Henry II, he schemed against his father and his brother Richard I. During his reign, the English lost most of their possessions in France.

8. Henry II was so angry that he drove Becket in to exile.

9. The ways Henry II reform the courts and the law.

10. What happened: In the summer of 1559 King Henry II of France (older one) lined up to joust the Comte de Montgomery (young lion), six years his junior, on the fields of France (field of combat).

11. King Henry II greatly strengthened the Court and extended its judicial work.

12. Henry II was the founder of the Angevin dynasty, usually known as the Plantagenet dynasty, and he went on to rule for 35 years./henry ii.html

13. King Henry II greatly strengthened and extended its judicial work.

14. These love poems are believed to have been composed by a poet at the court of King Henry II.

15. In the following centuries Magna Charta was solemnly reaffirmed by every king from Henry II to Henry VI.

16. Diane de Poitiers was a noblewoman noted for her love affair with Henry II of France.

17. She eventually had the marriage to Louis annulled in 1152 and in 1154, Eleanor became Queen Consort to Henry II of England.

1. In 1154, Henry II became King of England.