House of Plantagenet

House of Plantagenet:

Plantagenet

I discovered a distant connection to the Plantagenet's firstly through my Maternal family line, but then after another 2yrs of further researching I discovered a much closer Paternal Bond family line connection.

The House of Plantagenet was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses – the Angevins who were also Counts of Anjou, the main body of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou, and the houses of Lancaster and York, the Plantagenets' two cadet branches. The family held the English throne from 1154, with the accession of Henry II, until 1485, when Richard III died.

Under the Plantagenets, England was transformed, although this was only partly intentional. The Plantagenet kings were often forced to negotiate compromises such as Magna Carta. These constrained royal power in return for financial and military support. The king was no longer just the most powerful man in the nation, holding the prerogative of judgement, feudal tribute and warfare. He now had defined duties to the realm, underpinned by a sophisticated justice system. A distinct national identity was shaped by conflict with the French, Scots, Welsh and Irish, and the establishment of English as the primary language.

In the 15th century, the Plantagenets were defeated in the Hundred Years' War and beset with social, political and economic problems. Popular revolts were commonplace, triggered by the denial of numerous freedoms. English nobles raised private armies, engaged in private feuds and openly defied Henry VI.

The rivalry between the House of Plantagenet's two branches of York and Lancaster brought about the Wars of the Roses, a decades-long fight for the English succession, culminating in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, when the reign of the Plantagenets and the English Middle Ages both met their end with the death of King Richard III. Henry VII, a Lancastrian, became king of England; two years later, he married Elizabeth of York, thus ending the Wars of the Roses, and giving rise to the Tudor dynasty. The Tudors worked to centralise English royal power, which allowed them to avoid a number of the problems that had plagued the last Plantagenet rulers. The resulting stability allowed for the English Renaissance, and the advent of early modern Britain.

Ingelger De Anjou, 32nd Great Grandfather.

Fulk I (The Red) De Anjou, 31st Great Grandfather.

Fulk (The Good) De Anjou, 30th Great Grandfather.

Geoffrey I Ferreol Gastinios De Anjou, 29th Great Grandfather.

Geoffrey II of Gastinios Audri, Count, 28th Great Grandfather.

Fulk IV (The Rude) De Anjou, Count, 27th Great Grandfather.

Fulk V (The Younger) De Anjou, 26th Great Grandfather.

Geoffrey V (The Handsome) Plantagenet, 25th Great Grandfather.

Henry II (Curtmantle) 1st Plantagenet King, 24th Great Grandfather.

John (Lackland) Plantagenet, 23rd Great Grandfather.

Henry III Plantagenet, 22nd Grea Grandfather.

Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet, 21st Great Grandfather.

Joan Plantagenet, 22nd Great Grandmother.

War of the Roses 1455-58

The House of Plantagenet

Plantagenet

Recommended reading:

The Plantagenets, The Kings Who Made England. by Dan Jones.

Birth of The Plantagenets (series). by Blanche d' Alpuget.

War of The Roses (series). by Conn Iggulden.

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