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Authors: Alison Weir

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King John
(
see here
).
Henry II also had the following
illegitimate issue
:
By Ikenai, called ‘a common prostitute’, but probably the daughter of a knight:
1
Geoffrey (1151/3?–1212), Archbishop of York.
2
William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury (before 1170–1226); he may have been the son of Ikenai, but this is doubtful. He married Ela (1196?–1261), daughter of William FitzPatrick, Earl of Salisbury, and had issue. Ela later became Abbess of Lacock in Wiltshire.
3
Peter, called a brother of Geoffrey.
By Alice (
c
.1170–before 1225), daughter of Louis VII, King of France (she was at that time betrothed to Henry’s son Richard):
4
Daughter (name not known) (
d
. young).
5
Child (name and sex not known) (
d
. young).
6
Child (name and sex not known) (
d
. young).
7
Child (name and sex not known) (
d
. young).
By Nesta, wife of Sir Ralph Bloet or Blewer:
8
Morgan, Provost of Beverley, Yorkshire, and Bishop-Elect of Durham.
By Alice de Porhoët:
9
Child (name and sex not known) (
b
.1168?); its fate is unknown.
By unknown mothers:
10
Matilda, Abbess of Barking, Essex (
d
. by 1202).
11
Hugh of Wells (?), Bishop of Lincoln (
d
.1235).
12
Richard (?).
HENRY II
He died on 6 July, 1189, at Chinon Castle in France, and was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, France.
He was succeeded by his son Richard.
Richard I
F
ATHER
:
Henry II
(
see here
).
M
OTHER
:
Eleanor of Aquitaine
(under
Henry II
,
see here
).
S
IBLINGS
: (under
Henry II
,
see here
).
RICHARD I
Known as ‘Coeur de Lion’ (‘the Lionheart’), he was born on 8 September, 1157, at Beaumont Palace, Oxford. He was invested with the duchy of Aquitaine in 1172. He succeeded his father as King of England and Duke of Normandy on 2 September, 1189, being crowned on that day in Westminster Abbey. He was either crowned again, or (less probably) attended a formal crown-wearing on 17 April, 1194, at Winchester Cathedral, following his release from a foreign captivity during the Crusades. Richard I spent only 10 months of his 10-year reign in England.
Richard I married
, on 12 May, 1191, at the Chapel of St George, Limassol, Cyprus:
Berengaria
She was the daughter of Sancho VI, King of Navarre, by Beatrice or Sanchia, daughter of Alfonso VII, King of Castile, and she was born
c.
1163/5 in Navarre. She was crowned Queen Consort on 12 May, 1191, in the Chapel of St George, Lemesnos, Limassol, Cyprus. It has often been said that Berengaria never set foot in England, but this was not so: during her widowhood, she paid several visits to the country of which she had been Queen. In 1230, she founded the Abbey of L’Espan in Le Mans, Anjou, and probably took the veil there as a nun, possibly assuming the name in religion of Juliana. The date of her
death is not recorded. She was buried in l’Espan Abbey, Le Mans, France; her remains were removed to Le Mans Cathedral in 1821. There was no issue of her marriage to Richard I.
Richard I had the following
illegitimate issue
:
By Joan de St Pol (?):
1  Fulk(?).
By an unknown mother:
2  Philip, Lord of Cognac (
d.
after 1201); he perhaps married Amelia of Cognac.
RICHARD I
He died on 6 April, 1199, at Chalus in the Limousin, France, of the effects of an arrow wound received during the siege of Chalus. He was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, France.
He was succeeded by his brother John.
King John
F
ATHER
:
Henry II
(
see here
).
M
OTHER
:
Eleanor of Aquitaine
(under
Henry II
,
see here
).
S
IBLINGS
: (under
Henry II
,
see here
).
KING JOHN
Known as ‘Lackland’ or ‘Softsword’, he was born on 24 December, 1166, at Beaumont Palace, Oxford. He was designated King of Ireland in 1177, and created Count of Mortain in 1189. He was styled Earl of Gloucester in right of his first wife from 29 August, 1189. He succeeded his brother Richard I as King of England and Duke of Normandy on 27 May, 1199, being crowned on that day in Westminster Abbey.

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