Years' War. His father was Geoffrey the Fair, Duke of Anjou, and in "1147,
             when Geoffrey the Fair conquered Normandy by force, and he stepped aside
             and allowed Henry to set forth his claim as Duke of Normandy."[vi]
             During this time, the "King of France Louis VII was quarreling with
             his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine."[vii] Eleanor, or Alienor-her real
             name, was "the only child of the Duke of Aquitaine and the sole heir to the
             rich duchy."[viii] Upon the Duke's death, Eleanor became the duchess of
             the region and "inherited all of his possessions, but turned them over to
             Louis VII kept himself amused by starting small quarrels with
             Geoffrey and Henry over some confiscated castles. In 1151, Henry and his
             father Geoffrey gathered enough capital to raise an army to fight the army
             of France."[x] The war was postponed when Louis VII became ill and by the
             time he recovered, Louis VII "decided to call a truce and acknowledge Henry
             as Duke of Normandy."[xi] It was during the homage ceremony in Paris that
             Queen Eleanor became infatuated with Henry, and desired a divorce from
             Eleanor and Louis VIII were able divorce in March 1152 due to a
             church law that declared "no person should be married if they have a common
             ancestor less than the seventh degree, and Louis and Eleanor were fourth
             and fifth degree ancestors of Robert. The stipulations of the divorce were
             that she got to keep her land holdings, which was a major blunder on Louis
             VIII's behalf."[xii] After the marriage was declared void, Eleanor and
             Henry married, which allowed the lands to fall under his control. This
             added to his claims as "Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou, and Count of
             Maine, while the French King only controlled the Ile de France'."[xiii]
             The "complicated system of homage and counter-homage, allegiance and
             counter-allegiance, forced the Duke of Aquitaine to officially bend the
             knee to whoev...