Major Events: Persons:       1106 Battle of Tinchebray; Henry I takes Normandy Reigns of Kings: 1107 Settlement of Investiture Dispute Henry I (1100-1135) 1139-53 Civil War between Stephen and Mathilda Stephen of Blois (1135-1154) Henry II (1154-1189) 1141 Battle of Lincoln; Stephen captured Richard I ("Lionheart") (1189-1199) 1141-45 Geoffrey of Anjou conquers Normandy   1153 Treaty of Westminster Other persons: 1162 Becket appointed Abp. of Canterbury Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204) 1164 Council and Constitution of Clarendon Thomas Becket (c.1120-1170) 1167 Oxford University founded William of Malmesbury (1090-1143) 1170 Murder of Thomas Becket Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100-1155) 1190-92 Richard I on third crusade John of Salisbury (c.1136-1180) 1193-94 Richard in prison in Germany

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