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Angevin Empire

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Also known as L'Empire Plantagenêt, Plantagenet Empire

former collection of states in north-western Europe during the High Middle Ages

Key facts

Status
Composite monarchy
Capital
No official capital. Court was generally held at Angers and Chinon .
Official languages
Old French • Medieval Latin
Regional languages
Basque Middle Breton Middle Cornish Norman French Cumbric Middle English Middle Irish Old Occitan Middle Welsh
Religion
Roman Catholicism (official)
Government
Feudal monarchy
1154 1189
Henry II
1189 1199
Richard I
1154 1204 aquitaine county of poitou sou
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1199 1214
John
Historical era
Middle Ages
Henry ii inherits the kingdom of england
25 October 1154
Anglo norman invasion of ireland
1169–1177
Invasion of normandy by philip ii of fra
1202–1204
Truce of chinon
28 September 1214
Currency
French livre , silver penny , gold penny

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Wikidata facts

Official language
Old French
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inception
1154-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1242-00-00
language used
Norman
Commons category
Angevin Empire
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part of France

Republic of Ireland

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Angevin Empire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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