Henry was the eldest son of Empress Matilda (daughter of Henry I by his second wife) and her second husband Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' ...

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 terrible mistake. Thomas Becket would claim ...