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Meet Roland The Farter, The ‘Indecent’ Royal Flatulist Who Performed For King Henry II
Each year on Christmas, a jester named Roland would enter the royal court of King Henry II of England and perform a dance ...
Brad Pitt and Queen Elizabeth’s surprising royal connection: A shared ancestry with King Henry II
Brad Pitt has a notable ancestral link to medieval England, being a distant relative of the late Queen Elizabeth II through ...
The medieval battle that 'changed the course of history'
The conflict in Fornham was actually one of three major fights - including the Battle of Dol and the Battle of Alnwick - to play out during the Great Revolt, a rebellion against King Henry II, who ...
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Who was Thomas Becket and why did he clash with the king?
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 ...
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Henry II
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 ...