Plantagenet
/planˈtadʒɪnɪt
/adjective
Relating to the English royal dynasty which held the throne from the accession of Henry II in 1154 until the death of Richard III in 1485.Both these peers - the first of royal Plantagenet lineage, the second very much a new man, a Russell of the second generation - were decided Protestants, in favour of the new deal....
- Unlike his tall and golden haired Plantagenet siblings, Richard was dark and short of stature, grandson of Edmund of York who had taken as a wife Princess Isabella of Castile whose descent was traced back to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
- Originally part of the great council or the king's council of the Norman and Plantagenet monarchs, the Lords became separated from the Commons in the reign of Edward III.
noun
A member of the Plantagenet dynasty.Thus began the rivalry between the Capetians and the Plantagenets as well as the birth of the Gothic style in France....
- The Plantagenets wanted him christened Henry after his grandfather, but Constance named him Arthur for the legendary King Arthur, a name to conjure with among the Bretons.
- Philip spent the first years of his reign battling the Plantagenets.
Origin
From Latin planta genista 'sprig of broom', said to be worn as a crest by and given as a nickname to Geoffrey, count of Anjou, the father of Henry II.