Plantagenet
English royal house
Plantagenet is the name of the royal house that ruled England from 1154 to 1485, spanning from Henry II through Richard III.
The dynasty included famous monarchs like Richard the Lionheart, King John (of Magna Carta fame), and the warring factions of Lancaster and York whose conflict became the Wars of the Roses.
As an adjective, Plantagenet describes anything relating to this period of English history: Plantagenet architecture, Plantagenet succession disputes.
First Plantagenet English monarch
- Richard ILionhearted English monarch
- King JohnPlantagenet who granted liberties
- Edward ILongshanks, Scottish antagonist
- Edward IIIFourteenth-century English sovereign
Eleanor of Aquitaine · Lancaster · York · Wars of the Roses · Richard II · Henry V · succession · lineage
Medieval wars for Jerusalem
- Hundred Years WarProlonged medieval Anglo-French hostilities
- Wars of the RosesPlantagenet succession conflict
- AgincourtMedieval Anglo-French battlefield
- BosworthLeicestershire battle site
siege · longbow · knight · tournament · chivalry · Saladin · Holy Land · crossbow
Henry II's cross-Channel holdings
- EnglandLargest British country
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- AquitaineSouthwestern French region
- AnjouFrench province or pear
Gascony · Ireland · Wales · Maine · Brittany · Calais · realm · dominion
Charter curbing royal authority
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- baronsTitled nobles, lowest rank
- ExchequerUK public revenue office
sheriffs · royal courts · justiciar · assize · Domesday · chancery · writs · taxation
Stylized heraldic lily motif
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- royal standardMonarch's personal heraldic flag
- leopardsLarge spotted wild felines
Henry II
First Plantagenet English monarch
- Richard ILionhearted English monarch
- King JohnPlantagenet who granted liberties
- Edward ILongshanks, Scottish antagonist
Eleanor of Aquitaine · Edward III · Lancaster · York · Wars of the Roses · Richard II · Henry V · succession · lineage · royal house
Crusades
Medieval wars for Jerusalem
- Hundred Years WarProlonged medieval Anglo-French hostilities
- Wars of the RosesPlantagenet succession conflict
- AgincourtMedieval Anglo-French battlefield
Bosworth · siege · longbow · knight · tournament · chivalry · Saladin · Holy Land · crossbow · castle
Angevin Empire
Henry II's cross-Channel holdings
- EnglandLargest British country
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- AquitaineSouthwestern French region
Anjou · Gascony · Ireland · Wales · Maine · Brittany · Calais · realm · dominion · duchy
Magna Carta
Charter curbing royal authority
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- baronsTitled nobles, lowest rank
Exchequer · sheriffs · royal courts · justiciar · assize · Domesday · chancery · writs · taxation · council
fleur-de-lis
Stylized heraldic lily motif
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- royal standardMonarch's personal heraldic flag
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Medieval Englandking, kings, castle, castles, knight
- 12th CenturyThird Crusade, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II
- DynastiesHabsburgs, Ming Dynasty, Bourbons, Tang Dynasty, Tudors
- Hundred Years' WarHundred Years' War, Agincourt, Poitiers, Joan of Arc, Henry V
- PlantagenetsPlantagenets, Henry II, Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, King John