The Plantagenets - Empress Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenet - their son Henry II
King John and his right of succession - Arthur Duke of Brittany (son of Geoffrey II)
14 Sept 2026 - Many impressions seen - angevin empire - angevine empire - angevin dynasty - anjou empire
This page needs a serious update abd more research.
There is a lot that I need to research here. The signifiance of the de Beauchamps and the Henry's I , Henry II and Henry III are a case in point.
I a not sure where I got the 1214 from, Henry III ruled from 1216 after the death of King John.
Dates removed from header - 1154 – 1214
and before (1066 - 1154) - until I have performed mire research
The Angevin Empire
The term "Angevin" seems to have mulitple meanings depending on the historian.
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The account of the White Ship affair and this time in history. 25 November 1120
The Angevin Empire is discussed here as the period from the start of the reign of Henry II until 1214, the reign of Henry III.
I think that the following quote was from Wikipedia. When I last looked it had changed. Such is the nature of Wikiedia.
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Some historians apply the name house of Anjou, or Angevin dynasty, to Henry II (who was also count of Anjou)
and his 13 successors; other historians label only Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John, as the Angevin kings and, for want of a better name, label their successors, notably Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, as Plantagenets.
The first official use of the surname Plantagenet by any descendant of Count Geoffrey occurred in 1460, when Richard, duke of York, claimed the throne as “Richard Plantaginet.”
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The Oxford University Press description is different.
