Person    | Male  Born 5/3/1133  Died 6/7/1189

King Henry II

Categories: Royalty

King of England 1154–89. Born in France, son of Empress Matilda. The first of the Plantagenets monarchs. First friend and then murderer of Thomas Becket. Father of Richard I and King John - for a modern take on Henry II's dysfunctional royal family see the 1968 film 'The Lion in Winter'. Died in France.

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King Henry II

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London Bridge - information/viewing panel

Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...

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Silver Wedding of Queen & Prince Philip

Silver Wedding of Queen & Prince Philip

At the time of their wedding Philip's title was Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, not Prince, and the Queen was still Princess Elizabeth. If their family names had not been Anglicised earlier ...

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Queen Charlotte

Queen Charlotte

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Queen Adelaide

Queen Adelaide

As the wife of King William IV, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was our queen and Queen of Hanover, 1830-7. She was married in 1818 and in 1819 the royal household moved from Germany to England and use...

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Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace

A residence of the British royal family since the 17th century. Built as Nottingham House by the Earl of Nottingham. It passed from his heir (who was secretary of state to King William III), to the...

Building, Architecture, Royalty

2 memorials
Silver Jubilee of King George V

Silver Jubilee of King George V

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of King George V.

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5 memorials