The Devil's Brood: Part IV-The Great Revolt

The Devil's Brood examines the Angevin Dynasty, otherwise known as the Plantagenets, which ruled over England and the greater part of France until John lost most of the family lands in Europe. Henry II was the first Angevin king of England, and Part IV examines the Great Revolt, when Henry's sons revolted against him, allying with several powerful English earls and the kings of France and Scotland.

Cast of Characters:
Henry II-King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou
Eleanor of Aquitaine-Duchess of Aquitaine and Henry's wife
Thomas Becket-Chancellor of England, then Archbishop of Canterbury, then martyr
Henry the Younger-the heir of Henry II, King of England
Richard-Henry's second-oldest son
Geoffrey-Henry's third-oldest son
John-Henry's fourth-oldest son
Louis VII-King of France, Eleanor's ex-husband, Henry's nominal overlord for Normandy, Aquitaine and Anjou
Henry I-Count of Champagne, Adela's brother, vassal and rival to Louis
Theobald V-Count of Blois, Adela's brother, vassal and rival to Louis, would-be suitor/kidnapper of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Philip-Count of Flanders
Matthew-Count of Boulogne, Philip's younger brother
Hugh Bigod-Earl of Norfolk, former steward of King Henry I of England, supporter of King Stephen, then supporter of Empress Matilda, leading noble in East Anglia
Robert de Beaumont-Earl of Leicester, holder of many lands in England and Normandy
William the Lion-King of Scotland

Sources:
The Plantagenets: the Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England-Dan Jones
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones-Thomas Asbridge
Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire-Richard Huscroft
Henry II-W.L. Warren
Henry Plantagenet-Richard Barber
The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the War for the Plantagenet Crown-Nick Barratt
Henry the Young King 1155-1183-Matthew Strickland, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
Richard I-John Gillingham, London: Yale University Press, 2002.
Lionheart & Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest-Frank McLynn, London: Vintage Books, 2007.
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings-Amy Kelly
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life-Alison Weir
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim, A 900-Year-Old Story Retold-John Guy
The Angevin Empire-John Gillingham
Angevin England 1154-1258-Richard Mortimer
The Plantagenet Empire: 1154-1224, Martin Aurell, translated from the French by David Crouch
Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158-1203-J.A. Everard

Image Credit: King Henry II and his chlidren (left to right: William, Henry the young King, Richard Lionheart, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleonor, Joan, John Lackland)

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