The Devil's Brood-Part V: The Death of the Heir

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 V examines the Death of the Heir, when Henry's heir Henry the Younger became restless due to his lack of responsibility, and revolted again against his father.

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
Henry the Younger-the heir of Henry II, King of England
Richard-Henry's second-oldest son, duke of Aquitaine
Geoffrey-Henry's third-oldest son, duke of Brittany
John-Henry's fourth-oldest son
Louis VII-King of France, Eleanor's ex-husband, Henry's nominal overlord for Normandy, Aquitaine and Anjou
Adela-Queen of France, mother of Philip
Philip II-heir to Louis, then king of France
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
Stephen I-Count of Sancerre, Adela's brother, vassal and rival to Louis
Philip I-Count of Flanders
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
Aimar V-Viscount of Limoges, repeat rebel against Duke Richard in Aquitaine

 

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
Lionheart & Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest-Frank McLynn
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings-Amy Kelly
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life-Alison Weir
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
The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages-John W. Baldwin
Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World 1066-1216-Eljas Oksanen
Medieval Flanders-David Nicholas

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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