Armorial of Plantagenet
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| Geoffrey V (1113 † 1151), Count of Anjou
Azure, six lions or |
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| Henry II (1133 † 1189), son of previous, king of England, duke of Normandy, count of Anjou
gules, two leopards or |
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| Richard I the Lionheart (1157 † 1199), son of previous, king of England, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, count of Anjou and Poitiers
Fron 1168 to 1189, he was duke of Aquitaine and had his mother's blazon : argent, one lion gules. From 1189 to 1198, as king of England, he took another blazon : gules, two lions affrontés or. At the end of his life, he chose the blazon with three leopards. Question about his coats of arms is really complicated. |
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Kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine from 1198 to 1340 :
gules, three leopards or. |
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kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine from 1340 to 1405 :
In 1340, Edward III claimed the throne of France and adopted new arms, Quarterly France and England. |
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kings of England from 1400 to 1603 :
At the end of the 14th century, the kings of France simplified their coats of arms, replacing the field semé-de-lys with three fleurs-de-lys, alluding to the Trinity. From about 1405 the kings of England imitated this change. As modified, the monarchs of England continued to bear arms in this form until the crown union with Scotland in 1603. |
| Edward of Caernarvon (1284 † 1327), prince of Wales, later King Edward II
gules, three leopards or, a label azure. This blazon was probably borne by his son Edward (later King Edward III) as prince of Wales. |
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| Edward of Woodstock (1330 † 1376), the Black Prince, prince of Wales, son of Edward III
Quarterly; 1st and 4th, semy of fleurs-de-lys or; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three leopards or; overall a label argent. |
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| Richard of Bordeaux (1367 † 1399), son of the Black Prince, later prince of Wales and later king of England (Richard II).
During his father's lifetime he added a cross of Saint George to the middle point of the label. As king, he combined the royal arms with the mythical coat attributed to Edward the Confessor: Per pale: 1st azure a cross flory between five martlets, all or; 2nd quarterly France and England. |
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princes of Wales from 1405 to 1547 :
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure three fleurs-de-lys or; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three leopards or; overall a label argent. |
| Richard (1209 † 1272), earl of Cornwall, then king of the Romans, son of John Lackland, king of England
Arms of the counts of Poitiers (see Richard Lionheart above), with a brisure. |
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| Earls of Lancaster issued from Edmund Crouchback (1245 † 1296)
gules, three leopards or, a label azure, each pendant charged with three fleur-de-lys or. |
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| Henry (1281 † 1345), earl of Leceister, son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
gules, three leopards or, overall a bend azure. |
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| Thomas of Brotherton (1300 † 1338), Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I Longshanks.
gules, three leopards or, overall a lambel argent. |
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| Edmund of Woodstock (1301 † 1330), Earl of Kent, son of Edward I.
gules, three leopards or, a bordure argent. His daughter Joan of Kent and her descendants the Holland earls of Kent bore these arms. |
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| John of Eltham (1316 † 1336), Earl of Cornwall, son of Edward II
gules, three leopards or, a bordure azure semy of fleur-de-lys or. |
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| Lionel of Antwerp (1338 † 1368), 1st Duke of Clarence, third son of Edward III. | |
| Thomas of Woodstock (1355 † 1397), earl of Essex, of Buckingham and duke of Gloucester, seventh son of Edward III |
| John of Gaunt (1340 † 1399), Duke of Lancaster, fourth son of Edward III.
In 1371, he married Constance of Castile, heiress of Pedro the cruel, king of Castile and Leon. Claiming the throne of Castile and Leon, he quartered the arms of France-England with those of Castile-Leon. |
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| Thomas of Lancaster (1388 † 1421), Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV. | |
| John of Lancaster (1389 † 1435), Duke of Bedford, son of Henry IV. | |
| Humphrey of Lancaster (1389 † 1447), Duke of Gloucester, son of Henry IV. | |
earls and dukes of Somerset issued from John Beaufort (1371 † 1410), son of John of Gaunt :
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| Thomas Beaufort (1377 † 1426), Duke of Exeter, son of John of Gaunt |
| Dukes of York issued from Edmund of Langley (1341 † 1402), fifth son of Edward III.
His son Edward of Norwich followed the king in reducing the fleurs-de-lys to three. |
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| Richard of Conisburgh (1376 † 1415), 3rd Earl of Cambridge, son of Edmund of Langley. | |
| Richard of Shrewsbury (1473 † 1483), Duke of York, second son of Edward IV. | |
| George (1449 † 1478), Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV. | |
| Edward (1475 † 1499), Earl of Warwick, son of George, Duke of Clarence. | |
| Richard (1452 † 1485), duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV, later Richard III. |