 The physical appearance of Henry at his coronation in 1170 is given in a contemporary court poem written in Latin, where the fifteen-year-old prince is described as being very handsome, "tall but well proportioned, broad-shouldered with a long and elegant neck, pale and freckled skin, bright and wide blue eyes, and a thick mop of the reddish-gold hair".He was known in his own lifetime as "Henry the Young King" to distinguish him from his father.Because he was not a reigning king, he is not counted in the numerical succession of kings of England.