On this day Henry II was crowned King of England and reigned until his death in 1189. He was an energetic and ruthless leader who spent much of his reign in conflict with Louis VII of France. He is best remembered, however, for his involvement in the gory murder, in 1170, of his former friend and supporter Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was opposed to Henry’s desire to control the English Church. Becket was brutally hacked to pieces by Henry’s knights on the high altar of Canterbury Cathedral. Henry’s reign came to an end at the hands of his own son Richard (the Lionheart) and Philip II of France, the son of Louis VII.
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