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12 matches to Geoffrey Plantagenet
Geoffrey Plantagenet. 1113-51. Count of Anjou. Conquered Normandy for his son Henry II.
Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. c1340-1400. English poet. Canterbury Tales, printed 1477.
DeHavilland, Geoffrey. 1882-1965. British aviation pioneer, Moth series.
Geoffrey of Monmouth. 1100-55. English author. Historia Regum Brittaniae c1135. King Arthur.
Historia Regum Britanniae. c1135. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s history of Britain from legendary founding. Popularized legends of King Arthur.
Plantagenet. 1154-1485. English dynasty. Lancaster, York. Angevins. Geoffrey.
Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.
Henry II. 1133-1189. Plantagenet king of England 1154-. Common Law system. Married Eleanor of Aquitaine. Angevin Empire. Becket. Rosamund.
Plantagenet, Richard. Duke of York. 1411-60. Protector during king’s insanity, 1454. Claims to succession led to War of Roses.
Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.
York. Branch of the Anjou-Plantegenet family, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. War of Roses.