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North and South
Stories and Genealogy of Theodore Charles Anderson and Sara Carlene Shuttleworth
The Plantagenet Kings of England
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Crest of the House of Plantagenet
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The Plantagenets
King Henry II, Curtmantle (1132-1189)
King Richard I, the Lionheart (1157-1199)
King John (1166-1216)
King Edward I, Longshanks (1239-1307)
King Edward II, Caernavon (1287-1327)
King Edward III (1312-1377)
King Richard II (1367-1400)
King Henry IV (1399-1413)
King Henry V (1413-1422)
King Henry VI (1422-1461) & (1470-1471)
King Edward IV (1461-1470) & (1471-1483)
King Edward V (1483-1483)
King Richard III (1484-1400)
 Tune the Nocturne from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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This is a tale of great achievement and absolute failure, a tale of war and piece (mostly war), a tail of conspiracy, betrayal, treason and murder. It is a tale of son fighting father, son fighting mother, and brother fighting brother. In short it is the tale of the Plantagenet Kings of England.
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The Plantagenets
There were 14 Plantagenet Kings. They were:
 Henry II, Curtmantle,
Richard I, the Lionheart,
John, Lackland,
Henry III,
Edward I, Longshanks,
Edward II, Caernavon,
Edward III,
Richard II,
Henry IV of Lancaster,
Henry V of Lancaster,
Henry VI of Lancaster,
Edward IV of York,
Edward V of York, and finally
Richard III of York
(Ted's distant cousins all)
Henry VII of England is usually classified as part of the Tudor dynasty though his mother was of the House of Lancaster and his wife was of the House of York.
The name Plantagenet was originally spelled in French as Plante Genest or Plantegenest or Plantaginet. All these are spellings for the plant Genista, which is a shrub with a bright yellow flower, known today as broom.
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It originated with Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II. Some think that the name arose because Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom in his hat. Others insist that he planted broom and used it as hunting camoflage. Others say he used a broom to scrub himself during his bath. Who knows?
Many of the descendants of Geoffrey of Anjou never used a surname at all. The first to actually use the Plantagenet surname was Richard, Duke of York, father of both Edward IV and Richard III, who started using it about 1448. Today the surname Plantagenêt has been retroactively applied to all of Groffrey’s descendants
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Ted is related to these guys through his Grandmother, Kate Irby, who is the 28th Great Granddaughter of Hermengarde de Anjou, the mother of Ivo de Taillebois (visit Ivo do Taillebois), who started the Irby line.
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King Henry II Curtmantle (1132-1189)
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King Richard I, the Lionheart (1157-1199)
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King John, Lackland (1166-1216)
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Captain Oliver Hazzard Perry Black (1821-1887)
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Dr. Thomas (Tom) A. Black (1833-1883)
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Henry Clay Black (1845-1900)
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Tune the Nocturne from Mendlessohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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This page and all genealogical data contained on it are Copyrighted © 2007/2008
by Theodore C. Anderson
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