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Armorial of Plantagenet

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[edit] Family chief

Image:Blason Geoffroy Plantagenêt.png Geoffrey V (1113 † 1151), Count of Anjou

Azure, six lions or

Image:Blason Normandie.png Henry II (1133 † 1189), son of previous, king of England, duke of Normandy, count of Anjou

gules, two leopards or

Image:Blason Comtes Poitiers.png Image:Armoiries Angleterre 1189.png Richard I the Lionheart (1157 † 1199), son of previous, king of England, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, count of Anjou and Poitiers

Fron 1168 to 1189, he was duke of Aquitaine and had his mother's blazon : argent, one lion gules.

From 1189 to 1198, as king of England, he took another blazon : gules, two lions affrontés or.

At the end of his life, he choose the blazon with three leopards.

Question about his coats of arms is really complicated.

Image:Armoiries Angleterre 1198.png kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine from 1198 to 1340 :

gules, three leopards or.

Image:Armoiries Angleterre 1340.png kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine from 1340 to 1405 :

In 1340, Edward III claimed the throne of France and adopted new arms, Quarterly France and England.

Image:Armoiries Angleterre 1422.png kings of England from 1400 to 1603 :

At the end of the 14th century, the kings of France simplified their coats of arms, replacing the field semé-de-lys with three fleurs-de-lys, alluding to the Trinity. From about 1405 the kings of England imitated this change. As modified, the monarchs of England continued to bear arms in this form until the crown union with Scotland in 1603.

[edit] Heirs

Image:Armoiries Edouard de Caernarvon.png Edward of Caernarvon (1284 † 1327), prince of Wales, later King Edward II

gules, three leopards or, a label azure.

This blazon was probably borne by his son Edward (later King Edward III) as prince of Wales.

Image:Armoiries Edouard de Woodstock.png Edward of Woodstock (1330 † 1376), the Black Prince, prince of Wales, son of Edward III

Quarterly; 1st and 4th, semy of fleurs-de-lys or; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three leopards or; overall a label argent.

Image:Armoiries Richard de Bordeaux.png Image:Armoiries Richard II d'Angleterre.png Richard of Bordeaux (1367 † 1399), son of the Black Prince, later prince of Wales and later king of England (Richard II).

During his father's lifetime he added a cross of Saint George to the middle point of the label.

As king, he combined the royal arms with the mythical coat attributed to Edward the Confessor: Per pale: 1st azure a cross flory between five martlets, all or; 2nd quarterly France and England.

Image:Armoiries Edouard de Westminster.png princes of Wales from 1405 to 1547 :

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure three fleurs-de-lys or; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three leopards or; overall a label argent.

[edit] cadets

Image:Armoiries Richard de Cornouailles.png Image:Armoiries empereur Richard Ier.png Richard (1209 † 1272), earl of Cornwall, then king of the Romans, son of John Lackland, king of England

Arms of the counts of Poitiers (see Richard Lionheart above), with a brisure.

Image:Armoiries Edmond de Lancastre.png Earls of Lancaster issued from Edmund Crouchback (1245 † 1296)

gules, three leopards or, a label azure, each pendant charged with three fleur-de-lys or.

Image:Armoiries Henri de Leicester.png Henry (1281 † 1345), earl of Leceister, son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster

gules, three leopards or, overall a bend azure.

Image:Armoiries Thomas de Norfolk.png Thomas of Brotherton (1300 † 1338), Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I Longshanks.

gules, three leopards or, overall a lambel argent.

Image:Armoiries Edmond de Kent.png Edmund of Woodstock (1301 † 1330), Earl of Kent, son of Edward I.

gules, three leopards or, a bordure argent.

His daughter Joan of Kent and her descendants the Holland earls of Kent bore these arms.

Image:Armoiries Jean d'Eltham.png John of Eltham (1316 † 1336), Earl of Cornwall, son of Edward II

gules, three leopards or, a bordure azure semy of fleur-de-lys or.

Image:Armoiries Lionel d'Anvers.png Lionel of Antwerp (1338 † 1368), 1st Duke of Clarence, third son of Edward III.
Image:Armoiries Thomas de Woodsock.png Thomas of Woodstock (1355 † 1397), earl of Essex, of Buckingham and duke of Gloucester, seventh son of Edward III

[edit] House of Lancaster

Image:Armoiries Jean de Gand.png Image:Armoiries Jean de Gand 1371.png John of Gaunt (1340 † 1399), Duke of Lancaster, fourth son of Edward III.

In 1371, he married Constance of Castile, heiress of Pedro the cruel, king of Castile and Leon. Claiming the throne of Castile and Leon, he quartered the arms of France-England with those of Castile-Leon.

Image:Armoiries Thomas de Clarence.png Thomas of Lancaster (1388 † 1421), Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV.
Image:Armoiries Jean de Bedford.png John of Lancaster (1389 † 1435), Duke of Bedford, son of Henry IV.
Image:Armoiries Humphrey de Gloucester.png Humphrey of Lancaster (1389 † 1447), Duke of Gloucester, son of Henry IV.
Image:Armoiries Beaufort.png earls and dukes of Somerset issued from John Beaufort (1371 † 1410), son of John of Gaunt :
Image:Armoiries Beaufort-Exeter.png Thomas Beaufort (1377 † 1426), Duke of Exeter, son of John of Gaunt

[edit] House of York

Image:Armoiries Edmond de Langley.png Image:Armoiries Richard d'York.png Dukes of York issued from Edmund of Langley (1341 † 1402), fifth son of Edward III.

His son Edward of Norwich followed the king in reducing the fleurs-de-lys to three.

Image:Armoiries Richard de Cambridge.png Richard of Conisburgh (1376 † 1415), 3rd Earl of Cambridge, son of Edmund of Langley.
Image:Armoiries Richard de Shrewsbury.png Richard of Shrewsbury (1473 † 1483), Duke of York, second son of Edward IV.
Image:Armoiries Georges de Clarence.png George (1449 † 1478), Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV.
Image:Armoiries Edouard de Warwich.png Edward (1475 † 1499), Earl of Warwick, son of George, Duke of Clarence.
Image:Armoiries Thomas de Clarence.png Richard (1452 † 1485), duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV, later Richard III.
fr:Armorial des Plantagenêts
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