Henry II, Count of Eu

Henry II, Count of Eu (died 1191), son of John, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings, and Alice d'Aubigny. ^[1] Henry inherited the countship of Eu and lordship of Hastings upon the death of his father (1170).

Henry married Matilda, ^[1] daughter of Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey. Henry and Matilda had:

• Raoul of Eu (d. 1 May 1186)
• Guy of Eu (d. 1185)
• Alix, Countess of Eu, married in 1213 to Raoul I of Lusignan who became Count of Eu ^[2]
• Jeanne of Eu.

Upon the death of Henry, his daughter became Countess of Eu and Lady of Hastings. Henry was buried at Foucarmont. ^[3]

References

1. Power 2004, p. 497.
2. Pollock 2015, p. 101.
3. Crouch 2005, p. 164.

Sources

• Crouch, David (2005). The Birth of Nobility: Constructing Aristocracy in England and France, 900-1300. Pearson Education Limited.
• Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
• Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press.