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Angevin dynasty

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Angevin dynasty

Descendants of a 10th-century count of Anjou (the source of the adjective Angevin). The Angevin dynasty overlaps with the house of Plantagenet but is usually said to consist of only the English kings Henry II, Richard I, and John. Henry established the Angevin empire in the 1150s when he took control of Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and, through his marriage to Eleanor, Aquitaine. When he became the king of England in 1154, Henry extended the Angevin holdings from Scotland to the Pyrenees. English claims to French territory led to the Hundred Years' War; by 1558 the English had lost all their former French lands.
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Paolini discusses the numerous aspects and motivations that make up the region's collective history, highlighting the more significant factors involved in its development, like the strategic position of Aquila on the border between the Southern realm and that of the Papacy, a crucial fact not only for its geo-political importance but also for its economic development, which flourished under the Angevin dynasty (1266-1442).
Gilberto Paolini. La vita transecolare del contado aquilano: Villa ... by Albanese, Nicholas / Italica
 
 
 
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