Henry II, DNB Life of the Week

One of the New Dictionary of National Biography's Lives of the Week for this week is Richard III's ancestor, Henry II (Henry Fitzempress). Nonmembers can access it until next Wednesday (March 12) at http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/2.html. If you're interested, you can copy it to your personal files without violating copyright law. I haven't had a chance to read the article yet, but if the funeral effigy is any indication of what Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, looked like, he was quite a handsome man.Carol T (the one in Tucson)

Yes rather like Peter O'Toole, who played him twice. H On Thursday, 6 March 2014, 22:42, "justcarol67@..." <justcarol67@...> wrote:
One of the New Dictionary of National Biography's Lives of the Week for this week is Richard III's ancestor, Henry II (Henry Fitzempress). Nonmembers can access it until next Wednesday (March 12) at http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/2.html. If you're interested, you can copy it to your personal files without violating copyright law. I haven't had a chance to read the article yet, but if the funeral effigy is any indication of what Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, looked like, he was quite a handsome man.Carol T (the one in Tucson)

What was it Queen Eleanor Hepburn said? Henry had a body like mortal
sin?????
Sandra
=^..^=
From: Hilary Jones
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 9:30 AM
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Yes rather like Peter O'Toole, who played him twice. H

On Thursday, 6 March 2014, 22:42,
"justcarol67@..." <justcarol67@...> wrote:
One of the New Dictionary of National Biography's Lives of the Week for
this week is Richard III's ancestor, Henry II (Henry Fitzempress). Nonmembers
can access it until next Wednesday (March 12) at http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/2.html. If you're
interested, you can copy it to your personal files without violating copyright
law. I haven't had a chance to read the article yet, but if the funeral effigy
is any indication of what Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, looked like, he
was quite a handsome man.Carol T (the one in
Tucson)

I loved those two! He seems to have had loads of illegitimate kids so she was undoubtedly right. On Friday, 7 March 2014, 9:39, SandraMachin <sandramachin@...> wrote:
What was it Queen Eleanor Hepburn said? Henry had a body like mortal
sin?????
Sandra
=^..^=
From: Hilary Jones
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 9:30 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Henry II, DNB Life of the
Week
Yes rather like Peter O'Toole, who played him twice. H

On Thursday, 6 March 2014, 22:42,
"justcarol67@..." <justcarol67@...> wrote:
One of the New Dictionary of National Biography's Lives of the Week for
this week is Richard III's ancestor, Henry II (Henry Fitzempress). Nonmembers
can access it until next Wednesday (March 12) at http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/2.html. If you're
interested, you can copy it to your personal files without violating copyright
law. I haven't had a chance to read the article yet, but if the funeral effigy
is any indication of what Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, looked like, he
was quite a handsome man.Carol T (the one in
Tucson)

Thanks for the link, Carol. It looks like it'll be interesting reading. I've saved it as a pdf so that I can read it when it have the time.Gilda On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:42 PM, <justcarol67@...> <justcarol67@...> wrote:One of the New Dictionary of National Biography's Lives of the Week for this week is Richard III's ancestor, Henry II (Henry Fitzempress). Nonmembers can access it until next Wednesday (March 12) at http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/2.html. If you're interested, you can copy it to your personal files without violating copyright law. I haven't had a chance to read the article yet, but if the funeral effigy is any indication of what Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, looked like, he was quite a handsome man.Carol T (the one in Tucson)

It was the relish with which she said it. Mind you, if he was indeed like
Peter O'Toole, I'd say it with relish as well.
Sandra
=^..^=
From: Hilary Jones
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 9:50 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Henry II, DNB Life of the
Week

I loved those two! He seems to have had loads of illegitimate kids so
she was undoubtedly right.

On Friday, 7 March 2014, 9:39, SandraMachin
<sandramachin@...> wrote:
What was it Queen Eleanor Hepburn said? Henry had a body like mortal
sin?????
Sandra
=^..^=
From: Hilary
Jones
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 9:30 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Henry II, DNB Life of the
Week
Yes rather like Peter O'Toole, who played him twice. H

On Thursday, 6 March 2014, 22:42,
"justcarol67@..." <justcarol67@...> wrote:
One of the New Dictionary of National Biography's Lives of the Week for
this week is Richard III's ancestor, Henry II (Henry Fitzempress). Nonmembers
can access it until next Wednesday (March 12) at http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/2.html. If you're
interested, you can copy it to your personal files without violating copyright
law. I haven't had a chance to read the article yet, but if the funeral effigy
is any indication of what Henry II, the first Plantagenet king, looked like, he
was quite a handsome man.Carol T (the one in
Tucson)