{"id":2234,"date":"2022-01-12T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:41:24","slug":"plantagenet-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/middle-ages\/plantagenet-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"The House of Plantagenet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry II ‘Curtmantle’<\/b>
\nHenry of Anjou, called Henry FitzEmpress and\u00a0Curtmantle<\/i>
\nparents –\u00a0 Empress Matilda, queen of England, and Geoffrey Plantagenet V, count of Anjou and Maine
\ndate and place of birth – 25 March 1133 at Le Mans, Anjou
\nwife – Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine<\/a>, former queen of France (as wife of Louis IX)
\ndate of marriage – 18 May 1152
\nchildren – William, Henry, Matilda, Richard, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan, and John
\nyears of reign – 1154-1189
\ndate of coronation – 19 December 1154 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 6 July 1189 at Chinon Castle, France<\/p>\n

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Richard I ‘Coeur de Lion’<\/b><\/a>
\nRichard of Anjou
\nparents – Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
\ndate and place of birth – 8 September 1157 at Beaumont Palace, Oxford
\nwife – Berengaria of Navarre
\ndate of marriage – 12 May 1191
\nyears of reign – 1189-1199
\ndate of coronation – 3 September 1189 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 6 April 1199 at Chalus, Limousin<\/p>\n

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John I ‘Lackland’<\/b><\/a>
\nJohn of Anjou
\nparents – Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
\ndate and place of birth – 24 December 1167 at Beaumont Palace, Oxford
\nwives – Isabella de Clare, countess of Gloucester, and Isabella of Angoul\u00eame
\ndate of first marriage – 29 August 1189
\ndate of second marriage – 24 August 1200
\nchildren – Henry, Richard, Joan, Isabella, Eleanor
\nyears of reign – 1199-1216
\ndate of coronation – 27 May 1199 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 19 October 1216 at Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire<\/p>\n

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Henry III<\/b><\/a>
\nparents – John I and Isabella of Angoul\u00eame
\ndate and place of birth – 1 October 1207 at Winchester Castle, Hampshire
\nwife – Eleanor of Provence
\ndate of marriage – 14 January 1236
\nchildren – Edward, Margaret, Beatrice, Edmund, Richard, John, William, Henry
\nyears of reign – 1216-1272
\ndate of coronation – 28 October 1216 at Gloucester Cathedral
\ndate and place of death – 16 November 1272 at Westminster Palace, London
\n(Henry III is the only English king not crowned at Westminster Abbey; however, he did rebuild and rededicate the cathedral.)<\/p>\n

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Edward I ‘Longshanks’<\/b>
\nparents – Henry III and Eleanor of Provence
\ndate and place of birth – 17 June 1239 at Westminster Palace, London
\nwives – Eleanor of Castile and Marguerite of France
\ndate of first marriage – 18 October 1254
\nchildren – (16 in total) – Eleanor, Joan, John, Henry, Katherine, another Joan, Alfonso, Margaret, Berengaria, Mary, Elizabeth, Alice, Isabel, Edward, Beatrice, and Blanche
\ndate of second marriage – 10 September 1299
\nchildren – Thomas, Edmund, Eleanor, and John
\nyears of reign – 1272-1307
\ndate of coronation – 19 August 1274 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 7 July 1307 at Burgh-on-the-Sands<\/p>\n

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Edward II ‘Edward of Caernarvon’<\/b>
\nparents – Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
\ndate and place of birth – 25 April 1284 at Caernarvon Castle in Wales
\nwife – Isabella of France
\ndate of marriage – 25 January 1308
\nchildren – Edward, John, Eleanor, Joanna, and Adam
\nyears of reign – 1307-1327
\ndate of coronation – 24 February 1308 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 21 September 1327 at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire<\/p>\n

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Edward III<\/b>
\nparents – Edward II and Isabella of France
\ndate and place of birth – 13 November 1312 at Windsor Castle
\nwife – Philippa of Hainault
\ndate of marriage – 24 January 1328
\nchildren – (14 in total) – Edward<\/a>, Elizabeth\/Isabella, Joanna, William, Lionel, John<\/a>, Edmund, Blanche, Mary, Margaret, Thomas, Joan
\nyears of reign – 1327-1377
\ndate of coronation – 1 February 1327 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 21 June 1377 at Sheen Palace, Surrey<\/p>\n

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Richard II<\/a> (grandson of Edward III – son of Edward III’s eldest son, Edward) ‘Richard of Bordeaux’<\/b>
\nparents – Edward, prince of Wales, and Joan ‘the Fair Maid of Kent’
\ndate and place of birth – 6 January 1367 at Bordeaux in Gascony
\nwives – Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of France
\ndate of first marriage – 20 January 1382
\ndate of second marriage – 1 November 1396
\nyears of reign – 1377-1399
\ndate of coronation – 16 July 1377 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – probably 6 January 1400 at Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire
\n(Richard II was deposed and murdered by his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, the son of John of Gaunt.)<\/p>\n

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Henry IV ‘Bolingbroke’<\/b><\/a>
\nparents – John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster (son of Edward III) and Blanche Plantagenet
\ndate and place of birth – 30 May 1366 at Bolingbroke Castle
\nwives – Mary de Bohun and Joan of Navarre
\ndate of first marriage – 27 July 1380
\nchildren – Edward, Henry, Thomas, John, Humphrey, Blanche, Philippa
\ndate of second marriage – 7 February 1403
\nchildren – Edmund
\nyears of reign – 1399-1413
\ndate of coronation – 13 October 1399 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 20 March 1413 at Westminster Abbey, London<\/p>\n

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Henry V<\/b><\/a>
\nparents – Henry IV and Mary de Bohun
\ndate and place of birth – 9 August 1387 at Monmouth Castle
\nwife – Catherine de Valois
\ndate of marriage – 2 June 1420
\nchildren – Henry
\nyears of reign – 1413-1422
\ndate of coronation – 9 April 1413 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 31 August 1422 at Bois-de-Vincennes, France<\/p>\n

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Henry VI<\/b><\/a>
\nparents – Henry V and Catherine de Valois
\ndate and place of birth – 6 December 1421 at Windsor Castle
\nwife – Margaret of Anjou<\/a>
\ndate of marriage – 23 April 1445
\nchildren – Edward
\nyears of reign – 1422-1461 (deposed), 1470-1471
\ndate of coronation – 6 November 1429 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 21 May 1471 at the Tower of London
\n(Henry lost his throne to his cousin, Edward earl of March, during the Wars of the Roses<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Edward IV ‘Edward of York’<\/b><\/a>
\nparents – Richard, duke of York, and Lady Cicely Neville
\ndate and place of birth – 28 April 1442 at Rouen
\nwife – Elizabeth Woodville (probably married Lady Eleanor Butler before he wed Elizabeth Woodville)
\ndate of marriage – 1 May 1464
\nchildren – Elizabeth, Mary, Cicely, Edward, Margaret, Richard, Anne, George, Catherine, and Bridget
\nyears of reign – 1461-1470; 1471-1483
\ndate of coronation – 28 June 1461 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 9 April 1483 at Westminster Palace<\/p>\n

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Edward V<\/b><\/a>
\nparents – Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
\ndate and place of birth – 4 November 1470 in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey
\nsucceeded to the throne – 9 April 1483
\ndate of death unknown (possibly 1483 or 1485) at the Tower of London
\n(Edward was never crowned king of England<\/a>.\u00a0 He was declared illegitimate and deposed by his uncle<\/a>, the duke of Gloucester.)<\/p>\n

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Richard III<\/a><\/b>
\nparents – Richard, duke of York, and Lady Cicely Neville
\ndate and place of birth – 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle
\nwife – Lady Anne Neville
\ndate of marriage – 12 July 1472
\nchildren – Edward, Catherine, John, Richard, and Stephen
\nyears of reign – 1483-1485
\ndate of coronation – 7 July 1483 at Westminster Abbey, London
\ndate and place of death – 22 August 1485 at the battle of Bosworth Field<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henry II ‘Curtmantle’ Henry of Anjou, called Henry FitzEmpress and\u00a0Curtmantle parents –\u00a0 Empress Matilda, queen of England, and Geoffrey Plantagenet V, count of Anjou and Maine date and place of birth – 25 March 1133 at Le Mans, Anjou wife – Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, former queen of France (as wife of Louis IX) date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4228,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions\/4228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}