21.3 Sons of King Henry II of England Rebel, Encouraged by Philip II of France
A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 3 December 2015
⏱️ 32 minutes
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The sons of King Henry II of England, impatient for power of their own and encouraged by Louis VII and then Philip II Augustus of France, rebel against their father and end up damaging the cause of their dynasty, the Plantagenets.
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| 0:55.0 | In the mid-12th century, King Henry II of England |
| 1:01.0 | rose from being the Count of the small French province of Anjou |
| 1:05.0 | to become the leader of a large collection of lands, |
| 1:08.0 | which historians give the name the Angevin Empire. |
| 1:13.2 | Not only was he in possession of England, Normandy, Anjou, Aquitaine, Poitou, Brittany and Ireland, |
| 1:21.8 | but he also enjoyed great personal influence in the neighbouring territories of Scotland, Wales and Flanders. |
| 1:31.0 | As Henry grew older, the key question became who would inherit his lands. His intention was |
| 1:37.9 | that his core territories, that is England, Normandy and Anjou, were to be passed on to his eldest son, also named Henry. |
| 1:47.7 | He is referred to as Henry the Young King, because he was crowned king while his father was still alive in August 1172. |
| 1:57.2 | However, despite his coronation, young Henry was denied by his father the real fruits of kingship. |
| 2:03.6 | Although invested with titles, he was never allowed to keep the revenues of his lands, |
| 2:10.6 | and he was heavily in debt on account of the expenses incurred by his lavish courtly lifestyle without the means to pay for it. |
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