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1173

Great Revolt against Henry II

1173

Eleanor of Aquitaine encouraged her sons - Young Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey - to rebel against their father. Louis VII of France and the king of Scotland joined in. Henry crushed them one by one, imprisoned Eleanor for the next sixteen years, and made peace with his sons, who would rebel again.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1172: Waldemar I sacks Arkona
After: July 12, 1174: Henry II's penance at Canterbury

Before and after in War

Before: September 21, 1170: Anglo-Normans take Dublin
After: 1174: Henry II destroys hostile baronial castles

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.