Henry II ‘Curtmantle’
Henry of Anjou, called Henry FitzEmpress and Curtmantle
parents – Empress Matilda, queen of England, and Geoffrey Plantagenet V, count of Anjou and Maine
date and place of birth – 25 March 1133 at Le Mans, Anjou
wife – Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, former queen of France (as wife of Louis IX)
date of marriage – 18 May 1152
children – William, Henry, Matilda, Richard, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan, and John
years of reign – 1154-1189
date of coronation – 19 December 1154 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 6 July 1189 at Chinon Castle, France
Richard I ‘Coeur de Lion’
Richard of Anjou
parents – Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
date and place of birth – 8 September 1157 at Beaumont Palace, Oxford
wife – Berengaria of Navarre
date of marriage – 12 May 1191
years of reign – 1189-1199
date of coronation – 3 September 1189 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 6 April 1199 at Chalus, Limousin
John I ‘Lackland’
John of Anjou
parents – Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
date and place of birth – 24 December 1167 at Beaumont Palace, Oxford
wives – Isabella de Clare, countess of Gloucester, and Isabella of Angoulême
date of first marriage – 29 August 1189
date of second marriage – 24 August 1200
children – Henry, Richard, Joan, Isabella, Eleanor
years of reign – 1199-1216
date of coronation – 27 May 1199 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 19 October 1216 at Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire
Henry III
parents – John I and Isabella of Angoulême
date and place of birth – 1 October 1207 at Winchester Castle, Hampshire
wife – Eleanor of Provence
date of marriage – 14 January 1236
children – Edward, Margaret, Beatrice, Edmund, Richard, John, William, Henry
years of reign – 1216-1272
date of coronation – 28 October 1216 at Gloucester Cathedral
date and place of death – 16 November 1272 at Westminster Palace, London
(Henry III is the only English king not crowned at Westminster Abbey; however, he did rebuild and rededicate the cathedral.)
Edward I ‘Longshanks’
parents – Henry III and Eleanor of Provence
date and place of birth – 17 June 1239 at Westminster Palace, London
wives – Eleanor of Castile and Marguerite of France
date of first marriage – 18 October 1254
children – (16 in total) – Eleanor, Joan, John, Henry, Katherine, another Joan, Alfonso, Margaret, Berengaria, Mary, Elizabeth, Alice, Isabel, Edward, Beatrice, and Blanche
date of second marriage – 10 September 1299
children – Thomas, Edmund, Eleanor, and John
years of reign – 1272-1307
date of coronation – 19 August 1274 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 7 July 1307 at Burgh-on-the-Sands
Edward II ‘Edward of Caernarvon’
parents – Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
date and place of birth – 25 April 1284 at Caernarvon Castle in Wales
wife – Isabella of France
date of marriage – 25 January 1308
children – Edward, John, Eleanor, Joanna, and Adam
years of reign – 1307-1327
date of coronation – 24 February 1308 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 21 September 1327 at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Edward III
parents – Edward II and Isabella of France
date and place of birth – 13 November 1312 at Windsor Castle
wife – Philippa of Hainault
date of marriage – 24 January 1328
children – (14 in total) – Edward, Elizabeth/Isabella, Joanna, William, Lionel, John, Edmund, Blanche, Mary, Margaret, Thomas, Joan
years of reign – 1327-1377
date of coronation – 1 February 1327 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 21 June 1377 at Sheen Palace, Surrey
Richard II (grandson of Edward III – son of Edward III’s eldest son, Edward) ‘Richard of Bordeaux’
parents – Edward, prince of Wales, and Joan ‘the Fair Maid of Kent’
date and place of birth – 6 January 1367 at Bordeaux in Gascony
wives – Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of France
date of first marriage – 20 January 1382
date of second marriage – 1 November 1396
years of reign – 1377-1399
date of coronation – 16 July 1377 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – probably 6 January 1400 at Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire
(Richard II was deposed and murdered by his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, the son of John of Gaunt.)
Henry IV ‘Bolingbroke’
parents – John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster (son of Edward III) and Blanche Plantagenet
date and place of birth – 30 May 1366 at Bolingbroke Castle
wives – Mary de Bohun and Joan of Navarre
date of first marriage – 27 July 1380
children – Edward, Henry, Thomas, John, Humphrey, Blanche, Philippa
date of second marriage – 7 February 1403
children – Edmund
years of reign – 1399-1413
date of coronation – 13 October 1399 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 20 March 1413 at Westminster Abbey, London
Henry V
parents – Henry IV and Mary de Bohun
date and place of birth – 9 August 1387 at Monmouth Castle
wife – Catherine de Valois
date of marriage – 2 June 1420
children – Henry
years of reign – 1413-1422
date of coronation – 9 April 1413 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 31 August 1422 at Bois-de-Vincennes, France
Henry VI
parents – Henry V and Catherine de Valois
date and place of birth – 6 December 1421 at Windsor Castle
wife – Margaret of Anjou
date of marriage – 23 April 1445
children – Edward
years of reign – 1422-1461 (deposed), 1470-1471
date of coronation – 6 November 1429 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 21 May 1471 at the Tower of London
(Henry lost his throne to his cousin, Edward earl of March, during the Wars of the Roses.)
Edward IV ‘Edward of York’
parents – Richard, duke of York, and Lady Cicely Neville
date and place of birth – 28 April 1442 at Rouen
wife – Elizabeth Woodville (probably married Lady Eleanor Butler before he wed Elizabeth Woodville)
date of marriage – 1 May 1464
children – Elizabeth, Mary, Cicely, Edward, Margaret, Richard, Anne, George, Catherine, and Bridget
years of reign – 1461-1470; 1471-1483
date of coronation – 28 June 1461 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 9 April 1483 at Westminster Palace
Edward V
parents – Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
date and place of birth – 4 November 1470 in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey
succeeded to the throne – 9 April 1483
date of death unknown (possibly 1483 or 1485) at the Tower of London
(Edward was never crowned king of England. He was declared illegitimate and deposed by his uncle, the duke of Gloucester.)
Richard III
parents – Richard, duke of York, and Lady Cicely Neville
date and place of birth – 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle
wife – Lady Anne Neville
date of marriage – 12 July 1472
children – Edward, Catherine, John, Richard, and Stephen
years of reign – 1483-1485
date of coronation – 7 July 1483 at Westminster Abbey, London
date and place of death – 22 August 1485 at the battle of Bosworth Field
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