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George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was born into a tumultuous family oft engaged in power struggles. His death on February 18, 1478, followed his conviction for treason against his older ...
Thanks to Shakespeare, the Plantagenet dynasty is often best-remembered for Richard III. But the first three Plantagenet kings were more important than the last.
From nowhere to challenging the government inside six months over the fate of Richard III's skeleton, who are the Plantagenet Alliance?
Pupils could create a family tree to analyse the relationships of the key figures who established the Plantagenet dynasty.
(The dynasty's name comes from a yellow blossom, planta genista, a sprig of which the first Plantagenet used to wear on his headgear; it came to be associated with the family and was popularized ...
George Plantagenet dealt his brother King Edward IV one horrible betrayal after another—but he paid a brutal price for it.
ROYAL FAMILY members can trace their history back through some of the most famous European dynasties to William the Conqueror in 1066. Which is the longest-reigning British dynasty?
Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom.
Comedic in tone, dramatic in action - THE LION IN WINTER takes place in 1183, in a Castle in Chinon, France, telling the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of ...
Descendants of mortal enemies who fought for Henry Tudor and Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 were to meet for the first time in Leicester yesterday for the reburial of Richard, the ...
Descendants of King Richard III ruled the free world KING Richard III has thousands of relations around the world who are unaware they have blue blood in their veins.
Why an English King’s Traitorous Brother Was (Allegedly) Drowned in a Barrel of Wine George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, spent his life engaged in a power struggle that pitted cousins and ...