House of Plantaganet – The Angevins

by Susan Flantzer


Common Broom or Planta Genista

The House of Plantagenet was founded by Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou via his marriage to  Matilda (or Maud), the daughter of King Henry I of England. The English crown passed to their son Henry II under the Treaty of Winchester, bringing an end to 19 years of a civil war called The Anarchy fought between Matilda and her cousin King Stephen over the possession of the English crown.  Generally, Henry II and his sons are called the Angevins, from the noble family that originated in Anjou, France.

Although there is little evidence for the Plantagenet name before the mid-fifteenth century, Plantagenet is the name given to the fourteen kings that reigned from 1154-1485. The name apparently derives from the common broom plant, known then in Latin as “planta genista.” It is claimed that Geoffrey V of Anjou, the father of Henry II, wore a sprig of the plant in his hat. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, father of Edward IV and Richard III and Yorkist claimant to the throne, starting using the name around 1448.

House of Angevin: 1154 – 1216

Unofficial Royalty: House of Angevin Articles
Wikipedia: Angevins
Unofficial Royalty: Angevin Burial Sites

 


Henry II, reigned 1154 – 1189

Unofficial Royalty: King Henry II of England

Born: 5 March 1133 in Le Mans, France
Parents: Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Matilda of England
Married: Eleanor of Aquitaine, 18 May 1152 at Bordeaux Cathedral in Bordeaux, France
Children:

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Died: 6 July 1189 at Chinon Castle in France; buried at Fontevrault Abbey in Anjou, France

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Richard I, reigned 1189 – 1199

Unofficial Royalty: King Richard I of England

Born: September 8, 1157 at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, England
Parents: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Married: Berengaria of Navarre, 12 May 1191 at the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus
Children: None
Died: 6 April 1199 at Châlus, Duchy of Aquitaine (now in Limousin, France); buried at Fontrevault Abbey in Anjou, France

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John, reigned 1199 – 1216

Unofficial Royalty: King John of England

Born: 24 December 1166 at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, England
Parents: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Married: (1) Isabel, Countess  of Gloucester, 29 August 1189 at Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire, England; marriage annulled 1199  (2) Isabella of Angoulême, 24 August 1200, at Bordeaux, France
Children: (all from Isabella of Angoulême)

  • Henry III of England (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), married Eleanor of Provence, had issue
  • Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans (5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272), married (1) Isabel Marshal, had issue (2) Sanchia of Provence, had issue (3) Beatrice of Falkenburg, no issue
  • Joan (22 July 1210 – 1238), married King Alexander II of Scotland, no issue
  • Isabella (1214–1241), married Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, had issue
  • Eleanor (1215–1275), married (1) William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, no issue (2) Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, had issue

Died: 19 October 1216 at Newark Castle in  Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England; buried at Worcester Cathedral