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==Lineage==

==Lineage==

He was from the Royal House of Plantagenet, although this name was not adopted until later.  At the time his Father (King Henry II) and brother (King John) were collectively known as the House of Anjou (or the Angevins) as they descended from Count Geoffrey of Anjou, (whose nickname was Plantagenet, from the sprig of 'planta genesta', a type of broom, worn as the family emblem) who married the Empress Matilda, (aka Maud) daughter of the English King Henry I, who fought her cousin King Stephen, for the English throne.  The treaty which ended this struggle saw her cede the throne to Stephen in return for her son (King Henry II) being made his heir.

He was from the Royal House of Plantagenet, although this name was not adopted until later.  At the time his Father (King Henry II) and brother ([[King John]]) were collectively known as the House of Anjou (or the Angevins) as they descended from Count Geoffrey of Anjou, (whose nickname was Plantagenet, from the sprig of 'planta genesta', a type of broom, worn as the family emblem) who married the Empress Matilda, (aka Maud) daughter of the English King [[Henry I]], who fought her cousin King Stephen, for the English throne.  The treaty which ended this struggle saw her cede the throne to Stephen in return for her son (King [[Henry II]]) being made his heir.

==French Ties==

==French Ties==