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The house of plantagenet was the first truly armigerous royal dynasty of england. The reign of the plantagenet kings of england started with henry ii and ended with the death of richard iii.

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The royal line descended from the union between geoffrey count of anjou d.

Plantagenet kings names. Plantagenet kings were thus the richest family in europe and ruled england and half of france. Plantagenet kings the plantagenet kings of england were kings from the french family hailing from anjou who ruled england from 1154 to 1485. The plantagenet dynasty ruled england for over three hundred years from 1154 1485. House of plantagenet family tree from king henry iii 1216 1272 to edward v 1483 including the houses of lancaster and york. The arms of this noble later royal family gules three lions passant guardant or armed and langued azure termed colloquially the arms of england signifying the arms of the royal house of england were first adopted by king richard the lionheart 11891199 son of king henry ii of england 11541189. They were a remarkable family providing england with fourteen of its kings. Where no distinction is made between the angevinsand angevin eraand subsequent english kings henry ii is the first. Henry ii 5 march 1133 6 july 1189 also known as henry curtmantle french. This dynasty is normally subdivided into three parts. These constrained royal power in return for financial and military support. The name plantagenet itself was unknown as a family name per se until richard of york adopted it as his family name in the 15th century. Court manteau henry fitzempress or henry plantagenet ruled as king of england duke of normandy and aquitaine count of anjou maine and nantes. The loss of anjou from which the dynasty is named is the rationale behind johns son henry iii of england being considered the first plantagenet a name derived from the nickname of his great grandfather geoffrey. At various times he also partially controlled scotland wales and the duchy of brittany. 1154 1216 the first plantagenet kings were the angevins.

Their name came from planta genista the latin for yellow broom flower which the counts of anjou wore as an emblem on their helmets. It has since been retroactively applied to english monarchs from henry. The house of plantagenet had its origins in a cadet branch of the original counts of anjou the dynasty established by fulk i of anjou at the beginning of the tenth century. The king was no longer just the most powerful man in the nation holding the prerogative of judgement feudal tribute and warfare. 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. 1151 and the empress matilda daughter of the english king henry i. The house of plantagenet takes its name from geoffrey plantagenet count of anjou husband of the empress matilda and father of henry ii. The plantagenet kings were often forced to negotiate compromises such as the magna carta.