Saint henry ii biography of rory

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    enry was born on the 5th of March 1133 at Le Mans. He was the son of Matilda (daughter of Henry I), and of Geoffrey Plantagenet, the Count of Anjou. Geoffrey was given the nickname 'Plantagenet' due to his habit of wearing a sprig of broom in his hat. The broom plant being called planta genista in France. The counts of Anjou were known as the Angevins and Henry was to become the first från anjou king. Henry first became the Duke of Normandy in 1151 and when his father died in the following year he inherited the Angevin empire. In 1152 Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine and through this marriage added the territories of Aquitaine to his already large empire.

    Claim to the English throne

    Matilda, Henry's mother, was heir to the English throne as she was the eldest daughter of Henry inom, King of England. But Matilda's cousin Stephen had claimed the throne with some backing from the English Barons who were opposed to a kvinna ruler. Matilda's attempts to reclaim the throne led to a damaging

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    Descended from two great Catholic Irish families, the More O’Ferrals combined with the marriage in 1751 of the Balyna heiress Letitia O’More and the Dublin banker Richard Ferrall. At the close of the 18th century, Richard and Letitia’s sons played a prominent role on the battlefields of Europe. During the 1840s, Sir Richard More O’Ferrall emerged as one of the great champions of religious toleration and independence. Latter members of the family include the police commissioner John, the film director George, the horse trainer Roderic, the de Beers marketing guru Rory and the unfortunate Richard, murdered by the IRA in 1935. Kildangan is now the property of Sheikh Maktoum whilst Balyna is an exclusive hotel.

    The More O Ferralls descend from the House of Mordha (Moore or More) who populated the Irish midlands in the early Christian period. During the mid 16th century, English Adventurers seized the family lands in Co. Laois as part of the first plantation of Ireland. Rory Og

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    Rory O'Moore

    For other uses, see Rory O'Moore (disambiguation).

    For the professor and Healthcare Informatics expert, see O'Moore Medal.

    Sir Rory O'Moore (Irish: Ruaidhrí Ó Mórdha; c. 1600 – 16 February 1655), also known Sir Roger O'Moore or O'More or Sir Roger Moore, was an Irish landowner, and is most notable for being one of the four principal organisers of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

    Early life

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    O'Moore belonged to an ancient Irish noble family descended from Conall Cernach. He was born in either Laois around 1600, or more likely at Balyna, his father's estate in County Kildare, about 4km west of Johnstownbridge.[1] His father was Calvagh O'More, son of nobleman Rory Caoch O'More, and his mother was Margaret Scurlock (Sherlock).[2][3]

    O'Moore's uncle Rory Oge O'More, Lord of Laois, had fought against the English during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. In 1556 Queen Mary I confiscated Clan O'Mores' lands and created "Queens Co

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