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Definition of Plantagenet
1. Noun. The family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485.
Generic synonyms: Dynasty, Royal Family, Royal House, Royal Line, Royalty
Member holonyms: Henry Ii, Henry Iii, John, John Lackland, King John, Richard Coeur De Lion, Richard I, Richard The Lion-hearted, Richard The Lionheart, Richard Ii
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantagenet
Literary usage of Plantagenet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"It rose and spread in a region then under Plantagenet rule, Anjou, Poitou, Maine,
and Touraine. As the first known vault of the Angevin type was dated ..."
2. The History of England: From the Earliest Period to 1839 by Thomas Keightley (1843)
"ON the death of Stephen, the English nation, weary of civil contention, cheerfully
acquiesced in the accession of Henry Plantagenet.f The new monarch, ..."
3. History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1818)
"Captain Lloyd, of the Plantagenet, after returning to England, accounted for his
conduct, by alleging a mutiny in his ship, and several of his sailors were ..."
4. The Metropolitan (1835)
"Her vesper hymn has sung-, And knight and bard in hall are met, THE Lady Bride
Plantagenet And harps are gaily strung : But where is he, whom beauty's eye ..."
5. London by Charles Knight (1842)
"It was into these very gardens, as being " more convenient," that the contentious
lords, Plantagenet and Somerset, adjourned from the hall, where they were ..."
6. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1876)
"... immediately below that which was occupied by the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl
of Warwick, and last male representative of the House of York, ..."
7. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1864)
"Do not allow any consideration on my account to interfere with your ladyship's
arrangements," «aid Miss Plantagenet. " I have no arrangements fixed for this ..."
8. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1868)
"ANNE of Warwick, the last of our Plantagenet queens, and the first who had
previously borne the title of princess of Wales, was born at Warwick-castle, ..."
9. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"It rose and spread in a region then under Plantagenet rule, Anjou, Poitou, Maine,
and Touraine. As the first known vault of the Angevin type was dated ..."
10. The History of England: From the Earliest Period to 1839 by Thomas Keightley (1843)
"ON the death of Stephen, the English nation, weary of civil contention, cheerfully
acquiesced in the accession of Henry Plantagenet.f The new monarch, ..."
11. History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1818)
"Captain Lloyd, of the Plantagenet, after returning to England, accounted for his
conduct, by alleging a mutiny in his ship, and several of his sailors were ..."
12. The Metropolitan (1835)
"Her vesper hymn has sung-, And knight and bard in hall are met, THE Lady Bride
Plantagenet And harps are gaily strung : But where is he, whom beauty's eye ..."
13. London by Charles Knight (1842)
"It was into these very gardens, as being " more convenient," that the contentious
lords, Plantagenet and Somerset, adjourned from the hall, where they were ..."
14. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1876)
"... immediately below that which was occupied by the real Edward Plantagenet, Earl
of Warwick, and last male representative of the House of York, ..."
15. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1864)
"Do not allow any consideration on my account to interfere with your ladyship's
arrangements," «aid Miss Plantagenet. " I have no arrangements fixed for this ..."
16. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1868)
"ANNE of Warwick, the last of our Plantagenet queens, and the first who had
previously borne the title of princess of Wales, was born at Warwick-castle, ..."
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