Brad Pitt and Queen Elizabeth’s surprising royal connection: A shared ancestry with King Henry II
Brad Pitt has a notable ancestral link to medieval England, being a distant relative of the late Queen Elizabeth II through ...
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Henry II
He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' when he was young and succeeded King Stephen in October 1154. Archbishop Thomas a Becket disagreed with the King's wishes and a rash phrase spoken ...