Who was the last king from the House of Plantagenet?
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
House of Plantagenet and sepulchres of mortality! yet let the name of de Vere stand so long as it pleaseth God. Angevins Henry II of England, 1133–1189, had 5 sons; Plantagenets House of Lancaster House of Beaufort (illegitimate branch of House of Lancaster) House of York House of Plantagenet The House of Plantagenet () was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins, who were also Counts of Anjou; the main body of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the Plantagenets'