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Hace 3 días · He died on 6 July 1189, aged 56; he had wished to be interred at Grandmont Abbey in the Limousin, but the hot weather made transporting his body impractical and he was instead buried at the nearby Fontevraud Abbey. Legacy
Hace 3 días · Henry II, king of England (1154–89) who 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 ultimately brought about his defeat.
- Henry II was king of England from 1154 to 1189. The first of three Angevin kings of England, he expanded the Anglo-French domains and strengthened...
- Henry, who was the duke of Aquitaine, had a claim to the English throne, and he invaded England in 1153. King Stephen agreed to accept Henry as his...
- Henry acquired most of the Continental possessions that would expand the kingdom of England before he became king in 1154. He inherited the duchy o...
- Determined to assert his rights in all his lands, Henry II reasserted the centralized power of his grandfather, Henry I, in England. He issued the...
- Henry II’s plans to divide the Angevin “empire” among his sons led to many quarrels and wars. Of his five sons, only Richard and John survived his...
Hace 5 días · Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London King George I: 1660–1727 Mausoleum in the garden of Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover: Sophia Dorothea of Celle: 1666–1726 St Mary Church in Celle: King George II: 1683–1760 Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London Caroline of Ansbach: 1683–1737 Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster ...
Hace 4 días · Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster, Gloucester Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter and founded by Osric, King of the Hwicce ...
Hace 4 días · Henry II (nos. 122–39) 122. Writ of H II, ordering that Abbot Gervase is to have all his lands, tenants and liberties as any of his predecessors held them TRE, and as King Edward and H I granted by their charters to the abbey, with pleas, including murder and theft.
Hace 4 días · The kings buried in the Abbey are Sebert, Edward the Confessor, Henry III., Edward I., Edward III., Richard II., Henry V., Edward V., Henry VII., Edward VI., James I., Charles II., William III., and George II.
Hace 1 día · There appears, indeed, little doubt that this King Arthur and his queen were buried at Glastonbury, where their remains were afterwards found, as will be related below.
