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Henry Plantagenet (1133 - 1189)

(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Henry II died at Chinon on 6 July 1189, and was buried three days later in the neighboring abbey church at Fontevrault, which had been endowed by the king and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Henry's burial at Fontevrault was probably due to its proximity to Chinon rather than the king's instructions. Roger of Howden records that in 1170, stricken by illness, Henry had instructed his burial in the monastery at Grandmont, near Ambazac, and on his recovery began building the abbey church.

Henry ii of england family tree

Henry's will of 1182 contains no instructions for his burial, and makes a larger bequest to Grandmont than it does to Fontevrault. Matthew Paris records that Henry's body lay in state dressed in tunic and mantle, wearing the regalia of golden crown, jeweled gloves, ring, buskins and spurs, holding a scepter and girt with sword, his face uncovered.

The king's effigy monument and that of other members of his royal family were probably