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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 ...
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Plantagenet, Lancaster & York Family Trees. Wessex | Normans | Plantagenet | Tudor | Scottish | Stuart | Hanover | Windsor | Elizabeth II Family. House of Plantagenet Family Tree from King Henry III (1216 - 1272) to Edward V (1483) including the Houses of Lancaster and York.
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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 of Lancaster and York, two of the Plantagenets cadet branches.
Jan 12, 2022 · date of coronation – 1 February 1327 at Westminster Abbey, London. date and place of death – 21 June 1377 at Sheen Palace, Surrey. Richard II (grandson of Edward III – son of Edward III’s eldest son, Edward) ‘Richard of Bordeaux’. parents – Edward, prince of Wales, and Joan ‘the Fair Maid of Kent’.
Apr 10, 2020 · 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 Geoffrey, Count of Anjou (l. 1113-1151 CE ...
This dynasty is normally subdivided into three parts. 1154-1216 - The first Plantagenet kings were the Angevins. 1216-1399 - The Plantagenets. 1399-1485 - The Houses of Lancaster and of York. Normally separated from main stream Plantagenets because they are considered the first truly English rather than French Kings.
