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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 [[Angevin]]s) 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, he,  his father (King [[Henry II]]) and brother ([[King John]]), were collectively known as the House of [[Anjou]] (or the [[Angevin]]s) as they descended from Count Geoffrey of Anjou, whose nickname was Plantagenet (from the sprig of 'planta genesta', a type of broom, that was  worn as the family emblem.) Geoffrey 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==