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Hace 1 día · Plantegenest (or Plante Genest) had been a 12th-century nickname for his ancestor Geoffrey, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy. One of many popular theories suggests the blossom of the common broom, a bright yellow ("gold") flowering plant, called genista in medieval Latin, as the source of the nickname.
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
Hace 2 días · Henry was born in Maine at Le Mans on 5 March 1133, the eldest child of the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. The French county of Anjou was formed in the 10th century and its Angevin rulers attempted for several centuries to extend their influence and power across France through careful marriages and ...
- 19 December 1154 – 6 July 1189
- Empress Matilda
Hace 4 días · The term Angevin itself is the demonym for the residents of Anjou and its historic capital, Angers; the Plantagenets were descended from Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, hence the term. The demonym, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , has been in use since 1511.
- Roman Catholicism (official)
Hace 2 días · Geoffrey Plantagenet Count of Anjou: Empress Matilda: William Adelin: Matilda of Anjou: Henry of Scotland: Margaret I: Philip of Alsace Count of Flanders: Louis VII King of France: Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry II King of England r. 1154–1189: Geoffrey Count of Nantes: William FitzEmpress: Malcolm IV King of Scotland: William the ...
- 27 May 1199 – 19 October 1216
- Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine
Hace 5 días · His preference was to use Matilda's marriage to secure the southern borders of Normandy by marrying her to Geoffrey, the eldest son of Count Fulk V of Anjou.
- 8 April 1141 – 1148
- Henry I of England
- Stephen (as King of England)
- Matilda of Scotland
Hace 5 días · However, in 1144 Geoffrey Plantagenet, count of Anjou, conquered Normandy. In 1150 he ceded the duchy to his son Henry, who later became king of England as Henry II in 1154. In this way Normandy became part of the so-called Angevin (from Anjou) empire, which was a series of far-flung territories ruled by Henry II and succeeding English kings.
Hace 1 día · Later that year, Henry Plantagenet, Count of Anjou appeared at the court in Paris to pay homage as the new Duke of Normandy, to King Louis. Chroniclers such as Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales), William of Newburgh and Walter Map later implied that something happened between Henry and Eleanor (eleven years his senior) that contributed to the dissolution of her marriage.
