Plantagenet Princes: Sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II

by Douglas Boyd

When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1,000 miles from the Pyrenees to the Scottish border, including half of France. Henry's grandmother Empress (of Germany) Mathilda had taught him that ruling is like venery: show the hawk the reward, but take it away at the last moment, to keep the bird eager to please. To sons and vassals alike, Henry promised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526767090
• ISBN13: 9781526767097
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 232 Pages