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Henry II (() 5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, [2] was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland ...
The king of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their son, King Richard the Lionheart, were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was seized and disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution .
Mary II: 1694 Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [6] William III and II: 1702 Anne: 1714 George I: 1727 Chapel of Leine Castle in Hanover, Germany; moved from the crypt to the Welfenmausoleum at Herrenhausen on 5 December 1957. [17] [18] He was the last British monarch buried outside of the British Isles. George II: 1760 Henry VII Chapel ...
This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
Burial: 13 August 1559. Saint Denis Basilica. ... Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559.
The first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death on Friday was marked with remembrances of her life and her burial.. The queen died on Sept. 8, 2022, and was laid to rest at St. George’s ...
It was also the birthplace of Francis II, Henry II's firstborn son. Following the death of Henry II in a jousting accident, his widow, Catherine de' Medici, took over the project, which she carried out through the reigns of her three sons, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. She named Primaticcio as the new superintendent of royal public works.
After the late monarch’s funeral at Westminster Abbey, set to take place on Monday, Sept. 19, her coffin will be transferred from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle.