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#OnThisDay in 1183: Henry the Young King of England died while attempting to usurp his father’s crown.

On this day in 1183 Henry the Young King of England died at 28 King Henry II had noticed that to wait until the death of the king to determine his successor only caused uproar in his family. So King Henry II decided that the solution was to make his son Henry the co-king, an idea that he had gotten from the French courts. Henry the Young King of England was not known for his intelligence or…
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