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Henry II Plantagenet, nicknamed Short-Cloak (March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189) – Duke of Normandy from 1150, Count of Anjou, Maine and Tours from 1151, King of England from 1154, sovereign of Ireland in 1171–1175, the eldest son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Maine and Tours, and Matilda of England. Henry II was the first King of England from the Plantagenet dynasty, one of the most powerful monarchs of the 12th century, whose possessions stretched from the Pyrenees to Scotland... Historian Natalia Basovskaya tells us.