House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet ruled England in some form or another from the reign of Henry II, beginning in 1154, until the House of Tudor came to power when Richard III fell at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

House of Plantagenet
Armorial of Plantagenet
Parent house	Angevins
Country	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France, Lordship of Ireland, Principality of Wales
Founded	1126
Founder	Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
Final ruler	Richard III of England
Titles	King of England King of the Romans Lord of Ireland Prince of Wales Duke of Aquitaine Duke of Normandy Duke of Brittany Count of Anjou Count of Maine Count of Nantes Count of Poitou Lord of Cyprus Plantagenet claim to France Plantagenet claim to Jerusalem Plantagenet claim to Sicily Plantagenet claim to Rome Plantagenet claim to Castile
Dissolution	1485
Cadet branches	House of Lancaster House of York

It goes back to the Angevin counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou. Three dynasties belong to it: Angevins, House of Lancaster (Lancastrians) and House of York (Yorkists). Lancastrians and Yorkists fought against each other the Wars of the Roses to get the crown for their dynasty alone.

Plantagenets

Angevins

• Empress Matilda (1141)
• Henry II (1154-1189)
• Richard I, the Lionheart (1189-1199)
• John (1199-1216)
• Henry III (1216-1272)
• Edward I (1272-1307)
• Edward II (1307-1327) (deposed, died 1327)
• Edward III (1327-1377)
• Richard II (1377-1399) (deposed, died 1400)

Lancastrians

• Henry IV (1399-1413)
• Henry V (1413-1422)
• Henry VI (1422-1461 and 1470-1471)

Yorkists

• Edward IV (1461-1470 and 1471-1483)
• Edward V (uncrowned) (1483) (deposed 1483, most likely assassinated)
• Richard III (1483-1485)

Further reading

• Jones, Dan (2012-05-10). The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-00-745749-6.
• Wilson, Derek (2014-01-02). The Plantagenets: The Kings That Made Britain. Quercus. ISBN 978-0-85738-606-9.
• Hamilton, J. S. (2010-07-07). The Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4411-5712-6.
• Hubbard, Ben (2020-02-08). The Plantagenets. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78274-811-3.

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