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The Angevin kings of England ( / ˈændʒɪvɪn /; "from Anjou ") were Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John, who ruled England from 1154 to 1216. With ancestral lands in Anjou, they were related to the Norman kings of England through Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, and Henry II's mother. They were also related to the earlier Anglo-Saxon ...
Reigning Period (1154 – 1216) The Angevin kings ruled over France from 1154 to 1216. The House of Anjou furnished three kings of England, namely Henry II, Richard II, and John. Henry II. King John lost Anjou, the homeland which gave the house its name. For this reason, the subsequent heirs of King John who ascended to the throne are ...
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House of Plantagenet, royal house of England, which reigned from 1154 to 1485 and provided 14 kings, 6 of whom belonged to the cadet houses of Lancaster and York. The royal line descended from the union between Geoffrey, count of Anjou (died 1151), and the empress Matilda, daughter of the English king Henry I.
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The Houses of Anjou or Houses of Angevin or the Angevin dynasties are four historical and separate noble houses, whose powerbase originated in the French province of Anjou . the House of Anjou, the first Angevin dynasty that started from Ingelger, Count of Anjou to Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou. Geoffrey III, sororal nephew of Geoffrey II ...
The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins , who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the Houses ...
Apr 10, 2020 · Subscribe to topic Subscribe to author. The Plantagenets, sometimes referred to as the Angevin-Plantagenets, were the ruling dynasty of England from 1154 to 1485 CE. The name Angevin derives from the family's ancestral lands in Anjou, France and the term Plantagenet (perhaps) from the broom plant ( planta genista) used in the coat of arms of ...
Jan 19, 2020 · This episode covers the rise of the House of Anjou/Plantagenet and the birth of what some historians call the Angevin Empire.The episode covers the reigns of two kings, Henry II of England and Richard I of England, better known as Richard the Lionheart.
