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Invasion of England

England · House / House of Plantagenet. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1147–1153Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1147

Henry II1147

House / House of Plantagenet

Henry had accompanied Matilda on an invasion of England, it soon failed due to lack of preparation, but it made him determined that England was his mothers right, and so his own

1153

Henry II1153

House / House of Plantagenet

Henry moved quickly and within the year he had secured his right to succession via the Treaty of Wallingford with Stephen of England

Names involved

Henry II

Provenance

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