Plantagenets
Medieval royal house
The Plantagenets were the royal house that ruled England from 1154 to 1485, beginning with Henry II and ending with Richard III.
The name comes from the planta genista (broom plant), a badge of the family.
The dynasty includes the later branches known as Lancaster and York, whose rivalry produced the Wars of the Roses.
The Plantagenets shaped English law, language, and national identity.
First Plantagenet English monarch
- Richard the LionheartPlantagenet crusader king
- Edward ILongshanks, Scottish antagonist
- Edward IIIFourteenth-century English sovereign
- Richard IILast Plantagenet monarch before Lancaster
Eleanor of Aquitaine · Henry V · succession · bloodline · lineage · heredity · scions · heirs
Subordination to a lord
- fiefdomFeudal territory under lord
- manorialismMedieval estate labor system
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
homage · fealty · nobility · chivalry · knighthood · suzerainty · lordship · demesne
Charter curbing royal authority
- Westminster AbbeyHistoric London royal church
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
- Windsor CastleBritish royal stronghold
royal tombs · heraldry · legal reforms · administrative systems · Exchequer · cathedral building · Gothic architecture
Plantagenet succession conflict
- Hundred Years' WarMedieval English-French succession struggle
- PoitiersWestern French commune
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- succession crisisContested leadership transfer
Thomas Becket · crusades · rebellion · siege
Henry II
First Plantagenet English monarch
- Richard the LionheartPlantagenet crusader king
- Edward ILongshanks, Scottish antagonist
- Edward IIIFourteenth-century English sovereign
Eleanor of Aquitaine · Richard II · Henry V · succession · bloodline · lineage · heredity · scions · heirs · crown
vassalage
Subordination to a lord
- fiefdomFeudal territory under lord
- manorialismMedieval estate labor system
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
liege · homage · fealty · nobility · chivalry · knighthood · suzerainty · lordship · demesne · peasantry
Magna Carta
Charter curbing royal authority
- Westminster AbbeyHistoric London royal church
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
Windsor Castle · royal tombs · heraldry · legal reforms · administrative systems · Exchequer · cathedral building · Gothic architecture
Wars of the Roses
Plantagenet succession conflict
- Hundred Years' WarMedieval English-French succession struggle
- PoitiersWestern French commune
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
succession crisis · Thomas Becket · crusades · rebellion · siege
Normandy
Northern French coastal region
Maine · Brittany · vassal states · Bordeaux · Calais · Ireland · Wales · Scotland · territorial expansion · dominion
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, Victorian era, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, Tudor era
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- Medieval Englandking, kings, castle, castles, knight
- 12th CenturyThird Crusade, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II
- Anglo-FrenchEntente Cordiale, Hundred Years War, Norman Conquest, English Channel, Channel Tunnel
- DynastiesHabsburgs, Ming Dynasty, Bourbons, Tang Dynasty, Tudors
PlantagenetsTudors
English royal dynasty
Normans · Bourbons · Anglo-Saxons · Georgians · Victorians
PlantagenetsLancastrians
House of Lancaster adherents
Yorkists · White Rose · Tudors