Brad Pitt has a notable ancestral link to medieval England, being a distant relative of the late Queen Elizabeth II through King Henry II. Pitt's connection places him within an influential historical ...

Each year on Christmas, a jester named Roland would enter the royal court of King Henry II of England and perform a dance ...

Turns out, he’s got a legit royal connection that takes us all the way back to medieval England. Yes, to the King Henry II himself. First off, Pitt and Queen Elizabeth II were 25th cousins.

the most important bishop in England. In 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Historians have long debated whether his murder was on the orders of Henry II or if it was a ...

Henry and his queen Eleanor of Aquitaine were crowned in Westminster Abbey on Sunday 19th December 1154 by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. His titles were King of England, Duke of Normandy and ...