Henry The Young King
Henry, known as the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183), was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine but the first to survive infancy. He was officially King of England; Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.
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