(1133 – 1189)
ruled as king of england from 1154 – 1189
crowned in london’s westminster abbey
(count of anjou)
(count of maine)
(duke of normandy)
(duke of aquitaine)
(duke of gasony)
(count of nantes)
(lord of ireland)
he also controlled parts of wales, scotland, and western france
he was the great-grandson of william the conqueror
(the first from the “house of plantagenet” to rule england)
he was the first to use the title “king of england”
(as opposed to “king of the english”)
(aka “henry curtmantle” / “curtmantel” / “henry fitz-empress”)
