Plantagenet Empire

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The Plantagenet Empire was a vast medieval realm ruled by the Plantagenet dynasty, encompassing much of England and large parts of western France during the 12th and early 13th centuries.

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Plantagenet Empire canonical 3

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical empire ⓘ
medieval polity ⓘ
personal union of territories ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Angevin Empire ⓘ
approximateEndDate 1214 ⓘ
capital no single fixed capital ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
coreRegion England ⓘ
western France ⓘ
linked to: Western France
declineCause Capetian expansion in France ⓘ
loss of Normandy to Philip II of France ⓘ
deFactoPoliticalCenter Anjou ⓘ
Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
endDate 1204 ⓘ
firstRuler Henry II of England ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of England (Plantagenet) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

reduced Angevin possessions in France ⓘ
formedBy inheritance of Anjou and Normandy ⓘ
marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
foundedBy Henry II of England ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation for later Anglo-French conflicts ⓘ
major Anglo-French power of the 12th century ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
lastRulerWithFullContinentalHoldings John of England ⓘ
notableRuler Henry II of England ⓘ
John of England ⓘ
Richard I of England ⓘ
overlordOf various French vassal lords ⓘ
partOf High Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalStructure loose collection of feudal territories ⓘ
precededBy Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England (Norman dynasty) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
relatedEvent Battle of Bouvines ⓘ
loss of Normandy in 1204 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Angevin dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Anjou

House of Plantagenet ⓘ
startDate 1154 ⓘ
suzerain King of France (for French fiefs) ⓘ
linked to: King of France
territoryIncludes County of Anjou ⓘ
County of Maine ⓘ
County of Touraine ⓘ
Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
Duchy of Brittany (overlordship) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Brittany

Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
parts of Gascony ⓘ
parts of Ireland (Lordship of Ireland) ⓘ
parts of Poitou ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Anjou → associatedWith → Plantagenet Empire ⓘ
Duchy of Aquitaine → alliance → Plantagenet Empire ⓘ
Angevin Empire → alsoKnownAs → Plantagenet Empire ⓘ