1133 Birth of Henry the Second. 1152 Henry marries Eleanor. 1157 Birth of Richard the First. 1158 Birth of Geoffrey. 1165 Birth of Philip Augustus of France. 1167 Birth of John, surnamed Lackland. 1180 Philip Augustus succeeds to the throne. 1186 Death of Geoffrey. 1187 Birth of Arthur, Duke of Brittany. 1189 Death of Henry the Second. 1189 Rebellion of Richard and John. 1189 Richard succeeds to the throne. 1189 Period of the Third Crusade. 1195 War between Philip Augustus and Richard. 1199 Death of Richard. 1203 Assassination of Arthur. 1216 Death of John. 1223 Death of Philip Augustus. LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE _Translated from the German by_ _George P. Upton_ _20 Volumes Ready_ Beethoven Mozart Bach Haydn Maid of Orleans The Little Dauphin Marie Antoinette’s Youth Frederick the Great Maria Theresa Arnold of Winkelried William of Orange Barbarossa William Tell The Swiss Heroes Herman and Thusnelda Undine Gudrun The Nibelungs The Frithiof Saga The Duke of Brittany _Each, illustrated, 60 cents net_ A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO Footnotes [1]Geoffrey was born September 23, 1158, and died August 19, 1186. He married Constance of Brittany. [2]Henry II was the first king of England of the house of Plantagenet. Outside of England he possessed Normandy and the suzerainty of Brittany, which he inherited from the Norman kings; Anjou and Maine from his father, and by marriage with Eleanor, Poitou, Guienne, and Gascony. [3]This is one version of the manner in which Geoffrey came to his death. The generally accepted historical version is that he was killed at a tournament in Paris. [4]Duke Arthur of Brittany was born at Nantes, France, March 29, 1187, and was killed at Rouen, April 3, 1203. According to the author of this story, he was murdered on shipboard by King John, his uncle, because he refused to waive his lawful claim to the throne of England. History fails to make an authoritative statement of the manner of the young hero’s death, but it is unanimously conceded that John procured his assassination, if he did not commit the deed himself. [5]Rennes, capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, France, was the capital of ancient Brittany. [6]Philip Augustus, King of France, was born in 1165, and died in 1223. He was the son of Louis VII, and was noted for his banishment of the Jews, his participation in the Third Crusade with Richard the Lion-hearted, and the crusade against the Albigenses.