
The sons were William, who died at the age of three Henry Richard, the Lionheart Geoffrey, duke of Brittany and John, surnamed Lackland until, having outlived all his brothers, he inherited, in 1199, the crown of England. Eleanor had only two daughters by Louis VII, but to her new husband she bore five sons and three daughters. In 1154 he became, as Henry II, king of England, with the result that England, Normandy, and the west of France were united under his rule.
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