Category: House of Anjou

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Landing level category for profiles of persons affiliated with this noble house.

The Houses of Anjou or Houses of Angevin or the Angevin dynasties are three historical and separate noble houses, whose powerbase originated in the French province of Anjou.

The Plantagenet House of Anjou Blason Geoffroy Plantagenet.svg, the first Angevin dynasty that started from Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou to John of England, and, to mark the collapse of the Angevin empire under John, is then referred to as the Plantagenet dynasty from Henry III of England to Richard II of England. The male line descendants then split into two warring factions during the Wars of the Roses:

  • the House of Lancaster or the descendants of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
  • the House of York or the descendants of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York:

The Capetian House of Anjou Image-Blason Sicile Péninsulaire.svg, the second Angevin dynasty that started from Charles I of Naples which ruled parts of France, Hungary, Croatia, Jerusalem, Italy and Poland. It had three branches:

  • the House of Anjou-Hungary, that started from Charles Martel of Anjou which ruled Hungary-Croatia (1308–1385, 1386–1395) and Poland (1370–1399).
  • the House of Anjou-Naples, that started from Charles, Duke of Calabria.
  • the House of Anjou-Taranto, that started from Philip I of Taranto and which ruled the remnants of the Latin Empire (1313–1374).
  • the House of Anjou-Durazzo, that started from John, Duke of Durazzo and which ruled Naples (1382–1435) and Hungary (1385–1386).

The Valois House of Anjou Blason comte fr Valois.svg, the third Angevin dynasty that started from Louis I of Naples which ruled parts of France and Italy.

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Person Profiles (24)

A

abt 995 Anjou, France - 1034
abt 1136 Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France - 11 Jul 1174 photo
abt 1129 Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France - Feb 1163
abt 966 Anjou Province, France - aft 992
abt 1067 Angers, Anjou, France - abt 01 Jun 1147
abt 905 Anjou, France - abt 958 photo
abt 1043 France - 14 Apr 1109
abt 970 Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France - 21 Jun 1040
abt 1092 Anjou, France - 13 Nov 1144 photo

A cont.

24 Aug 1113 Anjou, France - 07 Sep 1151 photo
abt 938 Anjou, France - 21 Jul 987
abt 1105 Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France - 1166

C

abt 1248 Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy - 05 May 1309 photo

D

14 Oct 1414 La Riche, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frankrijk - 10 Apr 1472
05 Oct 1377 Château d'Angers, France - 29 Apr 1417 photo

J

abt 1161 Jerusalem - 16 Mar 1185 photo

J cont.

abt 1160 Jerusalem, Palestine - 1190 photo

M

01 Jul 1092 LeMans, Sarthe, Maine, France - 15 Jan 1126
abt 1070 Montfort, Aquitaine, France - 14 Feb 1117

N

abt 1273 Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy - 31 Dec 1299 photo

P

abt Jun 1239 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 07 Jul 1307 photo
01 Jun 1134 Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France - 26 Jul 1158

V

abt 979 Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France - abt Dec 999




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