[DOC] [TLE] King Henry II of England - Wikipedia [PAR] Henry II (5 March 1133  6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (French: 
Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of 
Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, 
King of England (115489) and Lord of Ireland; at various ..... On landing in 
England on 8 December 1154, Henry quickly took oaths of... [DOC] [TLE] House of Plantagenet - Wikipedia [PAR] The House of Plantagenet was a royal house which originated from the lands of 
Anjou in ... The family held the English throne from 1154, with the accession of 
Henry II, ... The Plantagenet kings were often forced to negotiate compromises 
such as ... thus ending the Wars of the Roses, and giving rise to the Tudor 
dynasty. [DOC] [TLE] The Plantagenets (1154-1485) - Introduction - History of England [PAR] The Angevins 1154-12163 Kings, commencing with Henry 2nd 1154-1189So ... 
Matilda married the Count of Anjou and produced the first King of this dynasty 
Henry 2nd. ... The slow loss of dictatorial power of the English kings coupled with 
the ... claimed a new religion and under his Islamic banner took Jerusalem in 636
. [DOC] [TLE] Henry II - English Monarchs [PAR] He was the son of that ill-matched pair, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and 
Matilda ... Kings ever to wear the English crown and the first of the great 
Plantagenet ... On the death of King Stephen in 1154, Henry came to the English 
throne at the .... of many", was dissatisfied, he possessed grand titles but no real 
power. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - Henry II [PAR] Read a biography about King Henry II who strengthened royal administration, but 
suffered ... Henry had named Matilda as his successor to the English throne but 
her cousin ... that he would succeed Stephen on his death, which occurred in 
1154. ... Four knights took his words literally and murdered Becket in Canterbury
... [DOC] [TLE] Henry II | king of England | Britannica.com [PAR] Henry II, byname Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet, Henry FitzEmpress, or 
Henry ... Anjou (from 1151), duke of Aquitaine (from 1152), and king of England (
from 1154), ... of Henry I, to the English crown had been set aside by her cousin, 
King ... where Henry was helped by his mother's first marriage to the emperor 
Henry V... [DOC] [TLE] The Plantagenets - Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England [PAR] The first Plantagenet was King Henry 2nd whose father owned vast lands in ... 
from main stream Plantagenets because they are considered the first truly 
English ... King Henry II 1154 - 1189; King Richard I the Lionheart 1189 - 1199; 
King ... of wealth and power to 'impress' foreign pilgrims and dignitaries on their 
way to the... [DOC] [TLE] Henry II of England - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Feb 18, 2014 ... Henry II. By the Grace of God, King of the English and Duke of the Normans and 
Aquitanians ... Henry was the first of the House of Plantagenet to rule England 
and .... When Stephen died in October 1154, it was only a matter of time before .... 
the power associated with them provoked them into trying to take... [DOC] [TLE] King Henry II ( 1154 - 1189 ) [PAR] King Henry II - Kings and Queens from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II. ... Wessex  
Normandy  Plantagenet  Tudor  Scottish Stewart  Stuart ... He curbed the power 
of the barons, but his attempt to bring the church courts under control ... Pope 
Adrian IV (born Nicholas Breakspear) becomes the first English Pope 1154-1159. [DOC] [TLE] Famous Men of the Middle Ages - Henry the Second 1154-1189 and ... [PAR] Henry the Second 1154-1189 and His Sons 1189-1216 ... in Germany, Henry II, 
one of England's greatest monarchs, came to the throne. ... From this he adopted 
the name Plantagenet, and the kings who descended ... When

Question: The first Plantagenet English king, this Henry took power in 1154
Answer: Henry II