Henry II: Power Built from Chaos
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A twenty-one-year-old kid took a country that was burning to the ground and turned it into a
superpower. In 1154, England was in a civil war so bad they called it The
Anarchy. Then Henry II showed up. He got crowned in December,
teamed up with his legendary wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and started tearing down illegal castles.
This guy was relentless. He literally invented the basis of the modern legal system just to keep his
barons in check. But his personal life was a total soap opera. He accidentally
got his best friend murdered in a cathedral and spent his final years fighting wars against his own
sons. Henry proved that you can build a massive legacy even when your whole
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