Henry IIin a sentence
- We know that our old friend Andropov initiated a replay of the Henry II/Becket business.† (source)
- Some historians think Henry II did not want Thomas Becket murdered.
- …"Children of the Great Mother, Dana"; (2) The Annals of theMilesians, or semi-historical chronicles of the last arriving race, the sons of Milesius, founders of the Celtic dynasties that survived until the arrival of the Anglo-Normans under Henry II in the twelfth century; (3) The Ulster ()de of the Knights of the Red Branch, which treats primarily of the deeds of Cuchulainn (pronounced coohoolinn) at the court of his uncle Conchobar (pronounced conohoor): this cycle greatly influenced…† (source)
- Henry II. wore jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow, and had a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies and fifty-two great orients.† (source)
- "What is birth, my dear!" she would say to Rebecca—"Look at my brother Pitt; look at the Huddlestons, who have been here since Henry II; look at poor Bute at the parsonage—is any one of them equal to you in intelligence or breeding?† (source)
- The Emperor Henry II.† (source)
- [1] The famous troubadour who incited the young Prince Henry to rebellion against his father, Henry II. of England.† (source)