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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Henry II 1 1133-1189. King of England (1154-1189). The son of Princess Matilda, he founded the Plantagenet royal line and appointed Thomas à Becket as archbishop of Canterbury. His quarrels with Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the Church led to the murder of the archbishop (1170).
- Henry II 2 1519-1559. King of France (1547-1559). The son of Francis I, he regained Calais from the English (1558).
WordNet 3.0
- n. first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189)
- n. king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)
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“It may be true that Gilbert was opposed to Becket's personality and methods more than to his aims, but Henry II would have been more than a match for a diplomatic bishop.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“However, in the great struggle for the rights of the church between Henry II and St. Thomas of Canterbury he definitely took the king's side.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“Henry II confirmed all grants and privileges conferred by Stephen, adding others to them, and all these were again confirmed to the monks by Kings John and Henry III.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“Soon, however, the archbishops came to consider themselves feudatories of the empire; and in fact in the confirmation of their temporal power by Henry II and Barbarossa no mention is made of the sovereignty of the pope.”
“Of course Jesus himself may have been in total ignorance of the crime committed to his advantage, just as Henry II had never intended his knights to kill Archbishop Thomas à Becket.”
“He was thus brought into intimate relations with princes and popes, especially with Henry II and his chancellor, Thomas à Becket, and with Pope Adrian IV, also an Englishman.”
“But how was public opinion to pronounce upon such a subject as the alleged Bull of Adrian II., granting Ireland to Henry II of England?”
“William of the White Hands (1176-1202), uncle to Philip Augustus and cousin of Henry II of England, was made a cardinal in 1179, and was legate in France and Germany under Innocent III.”
“The Angevin kings were much attached to Fontevrault: Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Guienne, Richard Coeur de Lion, and Isabel of”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“In that year Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by followers of King Henry II in his own cathedral.”
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