1150s in England

Events from the 1150s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Stephen of England (to 25 October 1154), Henry II of England

Events

• 1150
  • Henry, son of Empress Matilda, becomes Duke of Normandy.^[1]
  • The Anarchy: Worcester sacked.^[1]
• 1151
  • Henry pays homage to Louis VII of France, and cedes Vexin to France.^[1]
• 1152
  • 18 May - Henry marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, and claims rule over Aquitaine.^[1]
  • The Anarchy: King Stephen besieges the last opposition stronghold, at Wallingford.^[1]
• 1153
  • January - The Anarchy: Henry, Count of Anjou, arrives in England in a campaign against King Stephen in favour of his mother Empress Mathilda.^[2]
  • 17 August - The Anarchy: Following the death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, the Theobald of Bec, the Archbishop of Canterbury, mediates between Stephen and Henry.^[1]
  • 7 November - The Anarchy: Henry and Stephen sign the Treaty of Wallingford, ending the civil war.^[2]
• 1154
  • 25 October - King Stephen dies and is succeeded by Henry II, the first Plantagenet king of England.^[2]
  • 4 December - Pope Adrian IV elected, the only English Pope.^[2]
  • December - Coronation of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.^[1]
  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle completed.^[2]
  • Henry of Huntingdon completes his Historia Anglorum.^[1]
• 1155
  • January - Henry II appoints Thomas Becket as Lord Chancellor.^[2]
  • Henry defeats rebellious barons, reclaims many royal castles, and abolishes the Earldoms of York and Hereford.^[1]
  • Pope Adrian IV issues the papal bull Laudabiliter giving Henry II lordship over Ireland.^[1]
• 1156
  • 5 February - Henry pays homage to Louis VII of France to secure his titles over Normandy, Aquitaine, and Anjou.^[1]
  • Henry suppresses a revolt by his brother Geoffrey in Anjou, and grants him the title Count of Nantes in return for securing peace.^[1]
• 1157
  • May - Henry II demands the return of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland from Malcolm IV of Scotland;^[2] in return Malcolm is given the title Earl of Huntingdon.^[1]
  • Summer - Henry II launches a campaign for overlordship of Wales.^[3]
  • July - Owain Gwynedd submits to Henry and pays homage.^[1]
  • Henry II grants special trading privileges to the Hansa merchants of Cologne.^[2]
• 1158
  • Summer - Henry II leaves for Normandy; he does not return to England until 1163.^[3]
  • August - Henry agrees a treaty with Louis VII of France; Henry's son Henry the Young King to marry Louis' daughter Marguerite, in return for control of parts of Vexin.^[1]
  • Conan IV, Duke of Brittany pays homage to Henry II.^[1]
• 1159
  • Henry besieges Toulouse to claim it as part of Aquitaine, but is forced to abandon the campaign.^[1]
  • John of Salisbury completes his works Metalogicon and Polycraticus.^[1]

Births

• 1150
  • Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (approximate date; died 1176)
  • Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date; died 1228)
• 1152
  • Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, illegitimate son of Henry II of England (approximate date; died 1212)
• 1155
  • 28 February - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (died 1183)
• 1157
  • 8 September - King Richard I of England (died 1199)

Deaths

• 1151
  • 23 April - Adeliza of Leuven, queen of Henry I of England (born 1103)
• 1152
  • 3 May - Matilda of Boulogne, sovereign Countess of Boulogne and queen of Stephen of England (born 1105)
• 1153
  • 17 August - Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (born c. 1130)
  • 16 December - Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester (born c. 1100)
  • Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford (born 1115)
• 1154
  • 20 February - Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett (born c. 1080)
  • 25 October - King Stephen of England (born 1096)
• 1159
  • 1 September — Pope Adrian IV (born c. 1100)
  • 11 October - William of Blois, Earl of Surrey (born c. 1137)

References

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