Ruler · 1133 – 1189

Henry II of England

Lived 1133 – 1189; monarch. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 1154 – 1189; also in the line of House of Plantagenet and Angevin Empire.

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Lived: 1133 – 1189; 56 years
In office: 35 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 23rd of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

19 before

Stephen, King of England1135 – 1141

Empress Matilda1141

Stephen, King of England1141 – 1154

Henry II of England1154 – 1189

Richard I of England1189 – 1199

John, King of England1199 – 1216

Henry III of England1216 – 1272

27 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1154 – 1189 · 35 years · came to it aged 21

Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by close family; Morby does not call it a deposition

the term records: death in office

Also in the line of House of Plantagenet (1st of 9) and Angevin Empire.

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