This created instability in England for another decade. After a week of illness, Henry died on 1 December Despite naming Matilda as his heir, Henry was succeeded by Stephen of Blois — his nephew. The revolt was led by the Young King and he was assisted by his brother Richard, the kings of France and Scotland as well as many barons from England and Normandy.
Despite having to defend himself on nearly every front of his empire, one by one Henry forced his enemies to retreat and accept that his dominance would not be broken easily.
In this revolt, he successfully captured and imprisoned King William of Scotland at the Battle of Alnwick, forcing him to once again accept his overlordship of Scotland. Just before the battle Henry publicly repented for the death of Thomas Becket who had since become a martyr. He claimed the rebellion was his punishment.
In these tensions reached breaking point again and open war broke out in Aquitaine which ended in a stalemate and during which Henry the young King died of illness, making his brother Richard the new heir. He had fashioned a large empire and made England a powerful nation. Yet in the attempts of his sons to keep the Angevin Empire from being divided, they inadvertently began the process which tore it apart through their constant bickering.
Henry died of disease on 6th July , deserted by his remaining sons who continued to war against him. After taking the city of Blois in an impressive siege, the King of England was in the ascendancy, and it took the intervention of the Pope to prevent further fighting.
Twenty years into his reign Henry would rule over England, much of Scotland Wales and Ireland, and almost all of the west of modern France. Firstly, like the Romans before him, he took a relaxed approach to central control and generally allowed local feudal lords to do the hard business of ruling for him. The later was left in charge of England on numerous occasions while the King was away, and was entrusted with much of the responsibility for her homeland of Aquitaine in the south of France.
The early years of the s were eventful for the now middle-aged King. By he had already invaded Ireland, divided up his Empire between his sons and arranged the infamous murder of Thomas Becket , Archbishop of Canterbury. That year, however, everything fell apart, and family was at the center of it.
Supported by a formidable coalition of France, Scotland, Flanders, his brothers and even his mother — whose relationship with the King had disintegrated — the younger Henry waged war on his own father for over a year. Few Kings have ever had to face a bleaker situation with his own family against him and invasions on all sides, but Henry held off despair for long enough to defeat all the rebellions and reclaim his lordship over the Empire.
His life, however, could never be the same again. Embittered and resentful, the final years of his reign had him in a strong position but a state of acute misery and mistrust.
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