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Angevins logo #21000 The Angevins s(`from Anjou`) were a distinct English royal house in the 12th and 13th centuries composed of three English monarchs—Henry II, Richard I and John. In the 10 years from 1144, two successive Counts of Anjou won control of a vast assemblage of lands that would last for 80 years and would retrospectively be referred to as the Angevin.....
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Angevins logo #21217Angevins are natives of Anjou. The name is often applied to the race of English sovereigns called Plantagenets. Anjou became connected with England by the marriage of Matilda, daughter of Henry I, with Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou. The Angevin kings of England were Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III., Edward I, Edward II., Edward III, and Richard I...
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