1154
Accession
Accedes to the throne upon the death of his second cousin, Stephen
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Accedes to the throne upon the death of his second cousin, Stephen
Appointed Pope, Cardinal Nicholas Breakspear, the only ever English Pope
Henry used the title Rex Angliae, Dux Normaniae et Aquitaniae et Comes Andigaviae (King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou)
Under the Treaty of Toledo Alfonso is prepared to give up Gascony to England
Death of Stephen
Death of Roger II the Great
Death of Stephen, during a conference with the Count of Flanders
Crowned in Westminster Abbey, "By The Grace Of God, Henry II, King Of England", thus the first to be crowned "King of England", as opposed to "King of the English".
Henry used the title Rex Angliae, Dux Normaniae et Aquitaniae et Comes Andigaviae (King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou).
The 1st Angevin King.
The Count of Anjou, son of Matilda daughter of Henry I & Geoffrey Plantagenet.
Provenance
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