In foreign policy, Henry II naturally focused more on France’s northern and eastern borders than on Italy. Humiliated during his childhood imprisonment by Charles V during the Italian Wars, he sought ...

King Henry III of France lived in an age of civil and religious unrest. While he tried to get a grip on the situation and ...

What makes someone a king? More importantly, what unmakes a king? Henry II’s experiment in co-kingship saw one Henry III fall ...

King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine had four sons ... and between 1200 and 1204 he lost most of England’s territory in France, including Normandy. King John’s barons in Normandy chose ...

Henry II 1133 – 1189 aka Henry Curtmantle, Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet. King of England from 1154 until 1189. King Louis VII of France made him Duke of Normandy in 1150. Henry also ...

Henry II's attempt to divide his titles amongst his sons, but keep the power associated with them, provoked them into trying to take control of the lands assigned to them, and they often had the help ...

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for ... Things don't go according to plan, with Richard refusing the marriage, Philip II of France (Timothy Dalton) fomenting rebellion among ...

Finally, Richard, Henry's son (who became known as Richard the Lion-Hearted), teamed up with Philip Augustus of France and waged a battle against ... In this novel, set in 1381 during the rule of King ...