House of plantagenet

A review of the King Makers Daughter the story of Queen Anne Neville by Philippa Gregory. The review is complete with character analysis, synopsis and historical background.

French Noble. The Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy from the house Gatinais, his habit of wearing a sprig of broom plant (planta genesta in Latin) on his hat is the origin of the name Plantagenet. He succeeded his father Fulk V the young as Count of Anjou, Maine and Touraine in 1128, when Fulk went to the Holy Land...

The first documented princess to wear a white wedding gown was Philippa of England who married King Eric of Pomerania in 1406. Her wedding dress was a white tunic with a cloak in white silk bordered with a grey squirrel and ermine fur.

King John was King of England from 1199 to 1216. He lost generations of royal expansion, but history may have judged him unfairly.

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Plantagenet

Carreras Cigarettes "Kings & Queens of England" (series of 50 issued in 1935) #19 Edward IV ~ won the crown at the Battle of Towton during the Wars of the Roses, reigned 1461-1483

Last week, when Valerie Bertinelli was featured on WDYTYA, I whined on Facebook about how jealous I am that not only is there ALWAYS a parking place in front of the library or archives in the serie…