European Heraldry :: House of Anjou (Plantagenet)

House of Anjou (Plantagenet)

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 Geoffrey V (1113 – 1151) Count of Anjou

  • Geoffrey V (1113 – 1151) Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine and then Duke of Normandy. Married as her second husband Empress Matilda (c. 1102 – 1167) daughter of Henry I, King of England and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Children of Geoffrey and Matilda:

  • Henry II (1133 – 1189) King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, Maine, and Nantes from 1154. Elder son of Geoffrey and Matilda.
  • Geoffrey VI FitzEmpress (1134 – 1158) Count of Nantes.
  • William FitzEmpress (1136–1164) Viscount of Dieppe.

Illegitimate son of Geoffrey of Anjou:

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Hamelin of Anjou (de Warenne) (c. 1130 – 1202) Earl of Surrey

  • Hamelin of Anjou (de Warenne) (c. 1130 – 1202) Earl of Surrey. Married Isabel de Warenne (c. 1137 – c. 1203) 4th Countess of Surrey.

 Henry II

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Henry II (1133 – 1189) King of England

  • Henry II (1133 – 1189) King of England. Married Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124 – 1204) Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine.

Children of Henry II:

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Henry the Young King (1155 – 1183) Junior King of England.

  • Henry the Young King (1155 – 1183) Junior King of England. Married Margaret of France (1158 – 1197) daughter of Louis VII, King of France.

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Matilda of England (1156 – 1189)

  • Matilda of England (1156 – 1189) Married Henry the Lion (1131 – 1195) Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII.
  • Richard I (1157 – 1199) King of England, Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes. See below

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Geoffrey II (1158 – 1186) Duke of Brittany, 3rd Earl of Richmond.

  • Geoffrey II (1158 – 1186) Duke of Brittany, 3rd Earl of Richmond. Married Constance (1161 – c. 1201) Duchess of Brittany daughter of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany.

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Eleanor of England (c.1161 – 1214)

  • Eleanor of England (c.1161 – 1214) Married Alfonso VIII, King of Castile.

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Joan of England (1165 – 1199)

  • Joan of England (1165 – 1199) Married firstly William II (1153 – 1189) King of Sicily and secondly Raymond VI (1156 – 1222) Count of Toulouse and Marquis of Provence.
  • John (1166 – 1216) King of England. See below

 Richard I the Lionheart

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Richard I the Lionheart (1157 – 1199) King of England

  • Richard I the Lionheart (1157 – 1199) King of England. Married Berengaria of Navarre (c. 1165–1170 – 1230) daughter of Sancho VI, King of Navarre.

 John

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John (1166 – 1216) King of England

  • John (1166 – 1216) King of England. Married firstly Isabella (c. 1173 – 1217) Countess of Gloucester daughter of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (annulled 1199) and secondly Isabella of Angoulême (c. 1186/1188 – 1246) daughter of Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême.

Children of John and Isabella of Angoulême:

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Richard of Cornwall (1209 – 1272)

  • Richard of Cornwall (1209 – 1272) nominal Count of Poitou from 1225 to 1243, Earl of Cornwall from 1225 and King of Germany from 1257. Married firstly Isabel Marshal (d.1240) daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, secondly  Sanchia of Provence (c.1225 – 1261) daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and thirdly Beatrice of Falkenburg (c. 1254 – 1277) daughter of Theodoric II, Count of Falkenburg.

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Joan of England (1210 – 1238)

  • Joan of England (1210 – 1238) Married Alexander II (1198 – 1249) King of Scotland.

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Isabella of England (1214 – 1241)

  • Isabella of England (1214 – 1241) Married Frederick II (1194 – 1250) Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily, King of Germany, King of Italy and King of Jerusalem.

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Eleanor of England (1215 – 1275)

  • Eleanor of England (1215 – 1275) Married firstly William Marshal (1190 – 1231) 2nd Earl of Pembroke and secondly Simon de Montfort (c. 1208 – 1265) 6th Earl of Leicester.

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