Is it true the Henry the second declared his lineage was from a She-Devil?

Question

Source: PBS show about a St. who had a swan follow & protect Him.

Answer 1

IDK

Answer 2

If he did then his people probably would have killed him. Those shows are very convincing but not always true.

Answer 3

So they say!

"The Counts of Anjou were reputed to be descended from a witch called Melusine, who disappeared in a puff of smoke when ordered to attend Mass by her husband. 'From the Devil we have come and to the Devil we shall go' was a favourite saying of the Plantagenets, apparently."

http://www.peerage.org/genealogy/page5.h...

Also in Alison Weir's "Eleanor of Aquitaine".

Answer 4

what is she-devil is she devil a woman that have s*x with devil  are a she devil is a sucubus. i dont know what is she devil so if you do let me know

Answer 5

i've heard that too, but i don't think it's true.

Answer 6

To exist in this flawed materialist world one must contain at least a subatomic kernal of evil.   The Celts of auld knew that words are self directed and potentially evil if not well controlled.   In the ancient times a powerful female divinity balanced the masculine and there was balance in the flow of all things.

Misogynists over the millenium have shrouded the Great Lady and made her over into a demon for the darkness she contains that is the birthplace of light.  All beings of power recoginize the necessity of knowing a little evil that they are not the pawns of Great Evil.

There are many Northern clans who claim a Dragon as their totem.   It is very likely this Noble of whom you ask was not a stranger to alchemy, sorcery or the like and would have claimed what is said in your question.    I have not seen this PBS program on Henry the 2nd but I will be watching for it.

Answer 7

Don't know about that, but he married Eleanor of France she was 11 older, and gave him lots of children.

Then what did Henry do , he cheated on her

much to the annoyance of their son Richard.