s ▁birth ▁name , ▁also , ▁is ▁evidence ▁of ▁legit im acy , ▁for ▁he ▁was ▁probably ▁named ▁after ▁King ▁García ' s ▁ill ust ri ous ▁grand father , ▁Rod r igo ▁Dí az ▁de ▁Viv ar , ▁known ▁as ▁El ▁C id . ▁Fal c and us ▁sums ▁up ▁Henry ' s ▁appearance ▁( short ▁and ▁sw ar thy ) ▁and ▁character ▁thus : ▁This ▁Henry ▁was ▁low ▁in ▁stat ure , ▁had ▁a ▁thin ▁be ard ▁and ▁a ▁disag ree ably ▁dark ▁complex ion . ▁He ▁was ▁r ash ▁and ▁mal ad roit ▁in ▁conversation , ▁a ▁man ▁interested ▁only ▁by ▁dice ▁and ▁g amb ling , ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁other ▁desire ▁than ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁play mate ▁and ▁money ▁to ▁lose . ▁Upon ▁his ▁arrival ▁in ▁Sic ily ▁Margaret ▁made ▁him ▁change ▁his ▁name ▁from ▁Rod r igo ▁( Lat in ▁R oder icus ), ▁which ▁sound ed ▁strange ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁nob ility , ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁pal atable ▁Henry ▁( Lat in ▁Hen ric us ). ▁▁ ▁Henry ▁arrived ▁in ▁the ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Sic ily ▁between ▁May ▁and ▁September ▁ 1 1 6 6 . ▁His ▁sister ▁had ▁been , ▁since ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁her ▁husband , ▁William ▁I ▁of ▁Sic ily , ▁reg ent ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁her ▁young ▁son , ▁William ▁II . ▁In ▁May ▁or ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁after , ▁perhaps ▁before ▁his ▁arrival , ▁he ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁an ▁il leg it imate ▁daughter ▁of ▁Roger ▁II ▁and ▁thus ▁his ▁sister