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Sea Lion Press

@sealionpress.co.uk

New: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the role of English #Pope #AdrianIV and King #HenryII in the first #English / #Norman invasion / settlement of #Ireland and whether this could have been avoided. #AlternateHistory #History #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...

Alternate Irelands: Refreshing by Nature

By Gary Oswald.In 1154, Nicholas Breakspear became Pope Adrian IV and ruler of the Papal States. He was the first, and so far only, Pope from England, being born in Hertfordshire. Adrian’s time as Pop...

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September 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM

Vita Sackville-West

@thegardenvsw.bsky.social

—the purplish Turks cap, L. martagon, the vari-coloured L. umbellatum, and the giant orange L. henryii, may safely figure. #gardening

August 21, 2026 at 9:01 AM

John D Ruddy

@johndruddy.bsky.social

December 19th 1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. FULL VIDEO ON MONARCHS OF ENGLAND HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t33... (part 2) #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #england #monarchy #royalfamily #normans #henryii #westminsterabbey #coronation

December 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM

John D Ruddy

@johndruddy.bsky.social

May 18th 1152 – The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t33... (part 2) #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #england #monarchy #royalfamily #normans #henryii #aquitaine #eleanorofaquitaine #thelioninwinter #plantagenet

May 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM

SkarabraeAuthor

@skarabraeauthor.bsky.social

Also releasing a video on the reign of Henry II. It is short, though:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3JH...

#Youtube #Video #YoutubeVideo #HenryII

Henry II's Reign in a Nutshell

YouTube video by Skarabrae

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May 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM

valdeloir.bsky.social

@valdeloir.bsky.social

Початок доби Плантагенетів
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#Середньовіччя #АнглійськаІсторія #Плантагенети #Коронація #ГенріхII
#MiddleAges #EnglishHistory #Plantagenets #Coronation #HenryII

Початок доби Плантагенетів — Сусіди.

Post by Сусіди.

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December 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM

Abbie Jury 🌱

@tikorangi.bsky.social

I wrote about them here - jury.co.nz/2014/01/10/p... Very mixed in their breeding but the yellow may have been a recessive gene in the originating orange species L. henryii. The Aurelians usually only have one or two flowers per stem and Mark raised these to get multi blooms.

January 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM

WasBella102

@wasbellab102.bsky.social

#Armour of #HenryII, #King of #France who reigned 1547–59
#Photography by The Met
#History
#Artifacts

March 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM

Simon Pease

@simonpease.bsky.social

How to avoid knowledge you know will be difficcult, part XXXX. Thank you HenryII (reputedly)

April 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

"I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace."

🕯⚔️ Archbishop of Canterbury #ThomasBeckett was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of #HenryII #OTD 29 December 1170. #History

December 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👑 #OTD in #History 19 December 1154, #HenryII was crowned King of England in #WestminsterAbbey. It was the beginning of the Plantagenet dynasty. He ruled until his death on 6 July 1189.

December 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

"I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace."

🕯⚔️ Archbishop of Canterbury #ThomasBeckett was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of #HenryII #OTD 29 December 1170. #History

December 29, 2024 at 3:35 AM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👑 #OTD in #History 19 December 1154, #HenryII was crowned King of England in #WestminsterAbbey. He ruled until his death on 6 July 1189.

www.royal.uk/henry-ii

December 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

@kurrild.bsky.social

Make the Angevin Empire Great Again. #MAEGA #HenryII

February 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM

H Smiff

@hsmiff.bsky.social

1
(FACT) the USA has NEVER WON war - even the War of Independence was a false Victory-HenryII, in a moment of lucidity sent a letter granting U representation in Parliament. CAN U name a war u have fought that the final outcome was VICTORY?German

September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM