After the conflict he had with his sons in 1189, Henry had to negotiate and accept unfavourable terms. When John joined Richard, Henry's health rapidly deteriorated. He died on July 6th, and was buried at Fontevraud on the 8th. His wish had been to be buried at Grandmont, to which house he had given money and had lead sent from England for the roof, and where the entrails of his son Henry had been buried. It was by accident that he was buried at Fontevraud, probably a decision made by William Marshall and Geoffrey, Henry's illegitimate son, who remained loyal to him to the end. The dramatic circumstances of his death were at the time attributed to the satanic origin of the Plantagenets ; or to Becket's curse, or even to the supposed bigamy ...
Architecture was the proper business of kingship, even though Henry II was less obsessed with buildi...
Le seul fils légitime de Louis XIV fut appelé Grand Dauphin pour le différencier de son fils Bourgog...
Tome 4 : Parchemin, II + 341 + III ff., 435 x 328 mm, 27 miniatures + 1 initiale historiée (ms. fr. ...
After the conflict he had with his sons in 1189, Henry had to negotiate and accept unfavourable term...
Soon after the death of Henry I, his daughter Mathilda went into Normandy. She sailed across the Cha...
Fontevraud is one of the monastic foundations which benefited most from Henry's liberalities. He was...
Le 14 mai 1610, le roi Henri IV s’effondre dans la rue de la Ferronnerie, mortellement blessé par le...
Three English chroniclers have passed on the epitaph of Henry Plantagenêt's tomb at Fontevraud. Half...
Very little is left of the archives of Poitiers cathedral, a key monument in the history of the Goth...
Robert de Torigni was a faithful supporter of the Plantagenets. He continued the Gesta Normannorum d...
The greatest name in literature in Henry's time is that of Chrétien de Troyes. Although personally i...
The forthcoming edition of the the 3000 charters of Henry II suggests that Poitevins only appear as ...
De diabolo venit, et ad diabolum ibit, estimait Bernard de Clairvaux en parlant du futur Henri ii (1...
The death of Charles the Bald - Charles the Bald died at 54 in 877. Charles' interest in the represe...
The parallel between the two Thomases confronted with two Henrys, bridging the gap of four centuries...
Architecture was the proper business of kingship, even though Henry II was less obsessed with buildi...
Le seul fils légitime de Louis XIV fut appelé Grand Dauphin pour le différencier de son fils Bourgog...
Tome 4 : Parchemin, II + 341 + III ff., 435 x 328 mm, 27 miniatures + 1 initiale historiée (ms. fr. ...
After the conflict he had with his sons in 1189, Henry had to negotiate and accept unfavourable term...
Soon after the death of Henry I, his daughter Mathilda went into Normandy. She sailed across the Cha...
Fontevraud is one of the monastic foundations which benefited most from Henry's liberalities. He was...
Le 14 mai 1610, le roi Henri IV s’effondre dans la rue de la Ferronnerie, mortellement blessé par le...
Three English chroniclers have passed on the epitaph of Henry Plantagenêt's tomb at Fontevraud. Half...
Very little is left of the archives of Poitiers cathedral, a key monument in the history of the Goth...
Robert de Torigni was a faithful supporter of the Plantagenets. He continued the Gesta Normannorum d...
The greatest name in literature in Henry's time is that of Chrétien de Troyes. Although personally i...
The forthcoming edition of the the 3000 charters of Henry II suggests that Poitevins only appear as ...
De diabolo venit, et ad diabolum ibit, estimait Bernard de Clairvaux en parlant du futur Henri ii (1...
The death of Charles the Bald - Charles the Bald died at 54 in 877. Charles' interest in the represe...
The parallel between the two Thomases confronted with two Henrys, bridging the gap of four centuries...
Architecture was the proper business of kingship, even though Henry II was less obsessed with buildi...
Le seul fils légitime de Louis XIV fut appelé Grand Dauphin pour le différencier de son fils Bourgog...
Tome 4 : Parchemin, II + 341 + III ff., 435 x 328 mm, 27 miniatures + 1 initiale historiée (ms. fr. ...