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Henry was born in Winchester Castle on 1 October 1207. [3] He was the eldest son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême. [4] Little is known of Henry's early life. [5] He was initially looked after by a wet nurse called Ellen in the south of England, away from John's itinerant court, and probably had close ties to his mother. [6]
Henry II [nb 2] (() 5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) 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 and the Duchy of Brittany.
She was a long-time donor and patron of the Speyer Cathedral, paying close attention to the development of her family's memorial culture there. [15] After Conrad's death in 1039, she and her son Henry III led the mourning progression. [16] During the 1030s, she played an important role as the patron of the new church reform movement.
Rival king to Henry IV; member of the Rheinfeld. Hermann of Salm (Hermann von Salm) 6 August 1081 — 28 September 1088 Rival king to Henry IV; member of the Salm family. Conrad (Konrad) 30 May 1087 — 27 July 1101 Son of Henry IV; King of Germany under his father, 1087–1098, King of Italy, 1093–1098, 1095–1101 in rebellion. Henry V ...
King in Germany r. 1531–1564 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1558–1564: Anne of Bohemia 1503–1547: Mary of Hungary 1505–1558: Louis II 1516–1526 King of Hungary: Isabella of Portugal 1503–1539: Charles V 1500–1558 King of Germany and Spain r. 1519–1556 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1519–1558: John III 1502–1557 King of Portugal: Catherine of ...
Through his father, he was the grandson of Duke Henry I of Bavaria, and the great-grandson of King Henry I of Germany. By his mother, he was the grandson of King Conrad I of Burgundy, and the great-grandson of King Rudolf II of Burgundy. The elder Henry came into conflict with his cousin Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, in 974.
-Here are some facts on American diplomat Henry Kissinger, who died at age 100 on Wednesday: * He was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in Furth, a city in Germany's Bavarian region, on May 27, 1923.
Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; [a] c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, [4] and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II.