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The Angevin kings of England (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ɪ v ɪ n /; "from Anjou") were Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John, who ruled England from 1154 to 1216. With ancestral lands in Anjou, they were related to the Norman kings of England through Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, and Henry II's mother.
It is common among modern historians to refer to Henry II and his sons as the "Angevins" due to their vast continental empire, and most of the Angevin kings before John spent more time in their continental possessions than in England.
The influence and power of the Angevin kings of England brought them into conflict with the kings of France of the House of Capet, to whom they also owed feudal homage for their French possessions, bringing in a period of rivalry between the dynasties.
El término Imperio angevino fue acuñado por Kate Norgate en su obra de 1887, England under the Angevin Kings. [2] En Francia, el término Espace Plantagenêt es usado en ocasiones para describir los feudos que los Plantagenet habían adquirido.
28 de jun. de 2017 · The first Angevin King, Henry II, began the period as arguably the most powerful monarch in Europe, with lands stretching from the Scottish borders to the Pyrenees. In addition, Ireland was added to his inheritance, a mission entrusted to him by Pope Adrian IV (the only English Pope).
Angevin empire, the territories, extending in the latter part of the 12th century from Scotland to the Pyrenees, that were ruled by the English king Henry II and his immediate successors, Richard I and John; they were called the Angevin kings because Henry’s father was count of Anjou.
The Angevin Empire. The man who built Dover Castle’s great tower was one of England’s greatest kings – Henry II. Crowned King of England in December 1154, he also built the largest European empire of his age, the Angevin Empire, stretching from Scotland to the Pyrenees.
