In the Royal Abbey of Fontero, France, there are two exquisite coffins, side by side. The owners of the two coffins were none other than Henry II, King of the Plantagenet dynasty of England, and his queen Eleanor.
This is a lingering affectionate couple, but also a pair of life and death enemies. They were foaming at each other in difficult days, but after keeping the clouds open and seeing the moon, they forgot each other in the rivers and lakes. The husband secretly imprisoned his wife for 16 years until she died, without looking at his lover again.
Henry II was originally the Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy in France, and also controlled the territories of Tu Leng, Mann, etc., and was the landowner of the rich side of France. Eleanor was originally the Duchess of Aquidan, France, the richest and most powerful principality in France, and the lord Eleanor was also the landowner of the rich side of France.
(King Henry II)
These two couples are relatively well-known, in addition to the king and queen themselves with their own traffic, there is also their shocking marriage, which has dominated the headlines in Europe for a long time.
Eleanor was originally the queen of Louis VII of France, with a graceful and lively personality. Louis VII was a wooden pimple who did not understand the style, and respected his wife like ice.
An unexpected encounter, the lonely and cold Eleanor took a fancy to the handsome man Henry who came to express his allegiance. She immediately abandoned her husband and daughter, and with a huge fortune, remarried to nineteen-year-old Xiao Xianrou Henry at the age of thirty.
The combination of the landlord + the landlord's mother-in-law, the two chop their feet, and the land of France will also tremble. Henry II's luck was not over yet, and in 1154, he succeeded as the new King of England as the grandson of the previous King Henry I, starting the Anjou dynasty of England, also known as the Plantagenet dynasty.
The territory owned by the Plantagenet dynasty is frighteningly large. In addition to the whole of England, as well as the territory of the two families in France, there is also the territory of the former British king in France. Combined, these territories were more than twenty times the size of Louis VII of France, and were a veritable empire of Anjou.
(12th century Plantagenet Dynasty)
Henry II and his family were not only rich, but also very affectionate. In the first ten years of marriage, Eleanor was like a hen laying eggs, crackling and giving birth to four sons and three daughters. In addition to the death of the eldest son, there are three healthy sons left, Henry Jr., Richard and Jeffrey.
According to the traditional European principle of hereditary law, the eldest Henry became the British prince and took over the entire territory of England, as well as the French Normandy, Anjou and other fiefs; The second elder Richard took over the fief of his mother Aquidan; The third Jeffrey became lord of the French fiefdom of Brittany.
The division was properly sealed, the brothers were okay, and they were safe and sound, but people were not as good as heaven, and Eleanor gave birth to a son, John, at the age of forty-five. Now Barbie Q, all the territory has been divided, where to find a piece of land for the younger son?
Henry II wore reading glasses and searched for a long time on maps of England and France, and there was no place with a big booger anymore. Henry II found the three older sons, moved with affection and reason, and asked them to learn from the Oriental Confucius, carry forward the spirit of respecting the old and loving the young, and each gave some territory to this little brother.
I don't know how the four father and son negotiated, anyway, the final result was that the three sons agreed: there was no door, no window! Henry II was very disappointed, and his sons were angry, and after a big quarrel, they broke up.
Originally, the sons and the father had conflicts, and the mother reconciled from the middle, gave some time to do ideological work slowly, and the family relationship would not be too stiff. But the trouble was that there was a problem between Henry II and his wife.
(Queen Eleanor of England)
Eleanor is more than ten years older than her husband, and when Henry is in full bloom, Eleanor is nearly half a hundred years old, and no matter how beautiful her face is, she has withered. Facing a yellow-faced woman all day long, Henry looked more and more unpleasant, dressed up like a donkey dung egg every day to chat around, and then simply secretly wrapped a little honey.
This little honey is called Rosamund, who is said to be the most famous stunning beauty in England, and Henry II is not to be dismissed. He built Rosamund's gazebo by the sea and had several children with her. In order not to let his wife find out, Henry II specially built a labyrinth for her, and came to a British version of the Golden House Hidden Jiao.
Henry also had a lot of warblers and swallows before, basically dewy marriage, not hurting muscles and bones, Eleanor turned a blind eye, but this time is different. Henry II separated from Rosamund as a goblin ever since he got along with her.
It's not fun for a yellow-faced woman to knock over the vinegar jar, and every menopausal woman is Sherlock Holmes. Eleanor followed the clues to find her husband's golden house, and was afraid of his little honey. Rosamund Puliu was weak, where was the opponent of this fierce woman, she was so frightened that she lost her face and committed suicide.
The wife forced her lover to die, this beam can be married, Henry II was furious, ran to the pope to ask for a divorce, fortunately the pope did not approve, but the couple was completely turned against each other. Eleanor is disheartened, since she can't catch her husband's heart, then grab her son's heart.
In real life, wives who are dissatisfied with their husbands often like to control their children and instill their children's hatred for their fathers. ELEANOR BLOWS THE WIND ON HER SONS EVERY DAY: YOUR DAD IS BAD, YOUR DAD IS ECCENTRIC, YOUR DAD IS BAD, BALABLA... The three sons originally had opinions about their father, and coupled with their mother's provocation, the contradiction deepened.
The British king has family conflicts, who is most happy? His Holiness of course! King Louis VII of France has already hung up, probably because he was angry with the English king who dug into the wall, and now the head of the French family is replaced by his son Philip II, the young king of France is the most powerful monarch of the Capetian dynasty.
(Philip II)
The English king occupies a large part of France, and there is constant friction, so the relationship between successive French kings and English kings is not good. As soon as he heard that there was a fire in the backyard of England, Philip II certainly did not miss the opportunity to fan the flames and hurriedly increased the firepower on the sidelines.
Since Philip of France came to power, King Henry of England has been unlucky, in fact, he is also to blame for his own lack of clarity, he does not understand that his family conflicts can affect the overall situation of the country. Henry is a short-sighted scumbag who wants to get rid of his wife and does not want to lose his wife's huge wealth, so he wants to drive his wife to the monastery with a bare ass.
Eleanor is not a vegetarian either, and the vast and rich Aquidan is her personal property, and she did not cheapen the king in the first place, and will not give it to the king of England in vain. In order to protect her interests, she instigated her sons to declare war on Henry, and the family made a pot of porridge.
Philip across the strait was smiling and quickly organized a cheerleader to applaud them. Henry's three sons could not beat their father, and Philip carried forward the spirit of mutual help of his good buddies, asking for soldiers and money. After receiving the food and grass sent by His Holiness, Henry's sons wept with gratitude: Philip you are my true love!
Henry was furious, blamed his wife for taking his sons, and directly imprisoned Eleanor. The sons couldn't find their mother everywhere, and they fought harder with their father. The family fought for more than ten years, the eldest Henry and the third Jeffrey fell ill and died one after another, and the second Richard became the commander-in-chief of the rebellion.
(Richard)
There was a fight in the English king's house, and the cheap one was definitely the French king, and the nobles of England also had sober heads and tried to promote reconciliation between father and son. It is said that the two sons died of illness, and it was not impossible to take a little of their fief and distribute it to the younger son John, but Henry did two stupid things that completely blocked the road of reconciliation between father and son.
According to the "paparazzi" broke the news, Richard's wife Princess Navarre was born like a flower, but Richard has been fighting in the north and south all year round, plus he has a bit of a problem, the relationship between the husband and wife is cold, and he did not give birth to a baby. It just so happens that Henry is an old critic, comparing himself to the English version of Li Longji, and feels that his daughter-in-law is idle and idle, it is better to ...
Richard heard that his daughter-in-law was having an affair, and he was so angry that he had to fight with Henry. Of course, these are rumors in the rivers and lakes, and I can't count them, and Sister Mao is just gossiping. But another stupid thing Henry did was real.
After Henry's eldest and third eldest died of illness one after another, Richard became the de facto eldest son and the rightful first choice of heirs. However, Henry loved John too much and was reluctant to make Richard his heir. After discovering that his father liked John, the angry Richard decided to formally ally with Philip of France and tear up with the eccentric father.
Henry saw that Richard was so ignorant, and he was angry and ruined, and directly took his youngest son John to seize the fiefdom. But he was old and no longer the bravery he had to regain England, and he was soon defeated in front of Richard. In June 1189, with the support of Philip of France, Richard won a great victory, forcing Henry to recognize him as the heir to the empire.
The cunning Henry decided to accept Richard's conditions, temporarily suspend the army, and wait for the opportunity to fight again, but this show of weakness was misinterpreted by his precious son John. John thinks that Daddy is unexpected, and if he is about to collapse soon, he throws himself into Richard's camp as quickly as possible and follows him to create Daddy's rebellion.
(John)
The infighting in the family for more than ten years was originally caused by Henry's excessive preference for John, but I didn't expect that it was this precious son who betrayed him. Henry could not withstand this fatal blow and could not afford to fall ill.
Henry on the sick bed asked the court painter to paint a far-reaching picture: four young eagles were besieging a female eagle, the female eagle was pecked all over the body, and the smallest of them actually stepped on the shoulder of the female eagle, and aimed its beak at the eyes of the female eagle!
Three days later, Henry died of hunger strike.
On July 6, 1189, Richard took the throne, and the first thing the new king did when he took office was to release his mother quickly. Eleanor, a woman who has been in the last two dynasties, finally sees the light of day after 16 years of imprisonment by her husband.
During the reign of Henry II, England's possessions spanned England and France, reaching its peak in successive dynasties. In this respect, he is a successful monarch, but in terms of family, he is a failed husband and father.
Henry II confused family and career without boundaries, causing him and his wife and children to turn against each other. Weakening his own strength invisibly, Philip the little fox on the other side of the strait with a bad stomach took advantage of the void, and finally took away a large part of the British king's territory.
The children favored by parents are often the ones who have the least success. If Henry knew how fucked his precious son John was, the coffin board would not be able to cover it.
The love story of Henry II and Eleanor began with love at first sight and ended with two disgusts. After many years apart, they lay quietly together, a few feet apart, but the end of the world. And the story of their loser John, has just begun...
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