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How to use henry in a sentence

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Henry planned to resume war with France, but was plagued with financial problems, declining health and frequent rebellions.
By 1135, major disputes between Henry I and Matilda drove the nobles previously loyal to Henry I against Matilda.
This was Geoffrey's dying wish and he had ordered that he be left without sepulture until Henry promised.
Eight weeks later she married Henry, thus Henry became duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and count of Poitiers.
Now Henry refused to give Anjou to his brother because it would mean splitting his land in two.
In July 1152, Capetian troops attacked Aquitaine while Louis, Eustace, Henry of Champagne, and Robert attacked Normandy.
Henry was about to sail for England to pursue his claim when his lands were attacked.
Louis would not interfere since Henry paid homage to him for his continental possessions.
Henry crushed Geoffrey's revolt, and Geoffrey had to be satisfied with an annual pension.
However, Henry II refused to back down despite Louis' apparent change of policy until the Norman Vexin was entirely recovered.
Henry II absorbed the County of Mortain but wanted to grant Boulogne to Thierry's second son, Matthew, who married Marie of Boulogne.
Henry II had to get Marie out of her convent first, which had been a common practice in England since the Normans.
Conan IV then briefly ruled as Count, but Henry took the title that same year by mustering an army in Avranches to threaten Conan.
Henry then supported Breton independence in 1161 when he secured the Archbishopric of Dol.
The jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Tours would have overrun into Brittany if Henry hadn't appealed to Rome.
Each of these invasions were followed by confiscations, and Henry II installed his men, William Fitzhamo and Rolland of Dinan, in the area.
Henry II met Malcolm IV in 1157 about Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland previously seized by his grandfather, David I of Scotland.
Henry II had to attack Wales three times, in 1157, 1158 and 1163 to have them answer his summons to the court.
Henry then undertook a fourth invasion in 1164, this time with a massive army.
Wales would remain safe for a while, but the invasion of Ireland in 1171 pressured Henry II to end the issue through negotiations with Lord Rhys.
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