Tomb of Henry II - Fontevraud Abbey, France

Tomb of King Henry II of England at Fontevraud Abbey, France. Henry died on the 6th of July at Chinon, having been carried back on a litter1 from the village of Colombières between Tours amd Azay-le-Rideau.2

On the night he died there were only a few servant in attendence, who robbed his corpse stealing his clothes, jewels, and what money they could find. When his body was discovered William Marshal covered him with a cloak and a guard was put in place.3

• 1.
  
  Warren, WL Henry Ii Yale English Monarchs Series Yale English Monarchs Series New Haven, London Yale University Press 2000.

  p625.

• 2.
  
  Poole, Austin Lane From Domesday Book To Magna Carta The Oxford History Of England The Oxford History Of England Oxford Clarendon Press 1985.

  p346.

• 3.
  
  Asbridge, Thomas The Greatest Knight London Simon & Schuster 2015.

  p204.