House of Plantagenet
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The House of Plantagenet was a royal house which originated in the French county of Anjou. The family held the English throne from 1154, with the accession of Henry II, until 1485, when Richard III di
Henry II (1154–1189) is considered by some to be the first Plantagenet king of England, and the first Angevin.
A 13th-century depiction of Henry II and his legitimate children: William, Henry, Richard, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan and John
A miniature from an English psalter presenting a spirited account of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket, c. 1250. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Richard I's Great Seal of 1189, the History Museum of Vendée
House of Lancaster
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The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. The first house was created when King Henry III of England created the Earldom of Lancaster—from which the house was named—
House of Plantagenet
…used to refer to the entire dynasty). After the deposing of Richard II in 1399, two cadet branches of the Plantagenets ruled England: the houses of Lancaster and York. England was transformed under the Plantagenets, although only partly intentionally. The Plantagenet kings were often forced to negotiate…
Henry V's victory at the Battle of Agincourt
Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens (Henry Payne, c. 1908): Symbolic representation of the Wars of the Roses in art
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Contemporary illustration of Edmund Crouchback