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What's In A Name? The Plantagenet Dynasty

tobehost · September 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

From the way we bandy the Plantagenet name about, you could be forgiven for thinking that all the kings of England from 1154 through 1485 proudly called themselves Plantagenet after their ancestor Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (sometimes called Geoffrey le Bel or Plantagenest) but … [Read more...] about What's In A Name? The Plantagenet Dynasty

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