To which dynasty did the Plantagenet kings from Henry II to Richard II belong?
Angevin kings of England nickname of his great-grandfather, Geoffrey. Where no distinction is made between the Angevinsand Angevin era and subsequent English Kings, Henry II is the first Plantagenet king. From John the dynasty continued successfully and unbroken in the senior male line until the reign of Richard II before dividing into two competing cadet branches, the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The adjective Angevin is especially used in English history to refer to the kings who were also counts of Anjoubeginning with Henry II descended from Geoffrey and Matilda; their characteristics, descendants and the period of history which they covered
House of Plantagenet have himself crowned Henry IV of England. Richard died in captivity early the next year, probably murdered, bringing an end to the main Plantagenet line. None of Henry's heirs were free from challenge on the grounds of not being the true heir of Richard II and that the Lancastrian dynasty had gained the throne by an act of usurpation. Henry married his Plantagenet cousin Mary de Bohun, who was paternally descended from Edward I and maternally from Edmund Crouchback. They had seven children: Henry went to convoluted legal means to justify his succession. Many Lancastrians asserted that his mother had