Henry was the eldest son of Empress Matilda (daughter of Henry I by his second wife) and her second husband Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' ...

Historians have long debated whether his murder was on the orders of Henry II or if it was a terrible ... traitor to the king and the kingdom?” They then murdered Becket, striking him three ...