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Around Christmas, a crown that Henry had sought from the papacy for John's use as king of Ireland is delivered, but will never be used
Around Christmas, a crown that Henry had sought from the papacy for John's use as king of Ireland is delivered, but will never be used King Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. In 1154 the one and only Englishman to become Pope, Nicholas Breakspeare, was elected as Pope Adrian IV. The next year he presented Ireland to King Henry II, as a papal fief or lordship, with himself remaining overlord. This was around Christmas, that the crown that Henry had sought from the papacy for John’s use as king of Ireland is delivered, but will never be used …