They were called "The Devil's brood," Though never to their faces. They were the four surviving sons of henry plantagenet and eleanor of aquitaine. With two such extraordinary parents, much was expected of them. But the ...They were called "The Devil's brood," Though never to their faces. They were the four surviving sons of henry plantagenet and eleanor of aquitaine. With two such extraordinary parents, much was expected of them. But the eldest-charming yet mercurial-would turn on his father and, like his brother geoffrey, meet an early death.