Henry II of England

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"Samuel Pisar similarly maintained (in a panel discussion broadcast over the French radio on 11 February 1973) that the first multinational organization was the Catholic Church and that the first clash between a nation state and such an organization involved Henry II, King of England , and Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (of Murder in the Cathedral fame)"--Culture and Management: Selected Readings (1977) by Theodore D. Weinshall

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Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (Template:Lang-fr), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin king of England. King Louis VII of France made him Duke of Normandy in 1150. Henry became Count of Anjou and Maine upon the death of his father, Count Geoffrey V, in 1151. His marriage in 1152 to Eleanor of Aquitaine, former spouse of Louis VII, made him Duke of Aquitaine. He became Count of Nantes by treaty in 1158. Before he was 40, he controlled England; large parts of Wales; the eastern half of Ireland; and the western half of France, an area that was later called the Angevin Empire. At various times, Henry also partially controlled Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany.

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