Henry II crowned King of England
December 19, 1154
Six weeks after Stephen's death, the twenty-one-year-old Henry of Anjou was crowned at Westminster alongside Eleanor. He inherited a kingdom in such disarray that contemporaries said the devil had walked it. Within three years he had pulled down most of the illegally built castles of the Anarchy, restoring royal authority with a speed and thoroughness that announced a new style of energetic, personally driven kingship.
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Also in 1154 (3 other events on record)
- Al-Idrisi completes the Book of Roger · Europe · Science
- Adrian IV elected pope · Europe · Religion
- Adrian IV grants Ireland to Henry II · Europe · Religion
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.