[Socratic]

For those who remember the movie, The Lion in Winter, this was the family portrayed - Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I, Geoffrey and John. What historical find.

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The Lion In Winter(1968)

[Verginius Rufus]

Henry II is also the king who battled with Thomas Becket and caused him to become "the holy blessed martyr" of Canterbury (cf. Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"). There's also a movie called Becket.

Henry II had more of France under his control than did the French king Louis VII (who had been married to Eleanor earlier).