How To Use Plantagenet In A Sentence
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I called the Plantagenet, and ascended it through La Salle, Marquette, and Assawa Lakes to a small creek at the foot of the Hauteur des Terres.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
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[Footnote: The name Plantagenet came from the peculiar badge, a sprig of broom-plant (_plante de genet_), adopted by one of the early members of the House.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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It was all a gesture towards Edward Plantagenet likewise.
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Also, if a Shield charged with an escarbuncle and many lioncels, which has been assigned to GEOFFREY Count of ANJOU, was really borne by the Founder of the House of PLANTAGENET,
The Handbook to English Heraldry
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Geoffrey of Anjou, his appearance and character; married to Empress Maude; origin of his surname Plantagenet; death.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
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The Latin name for broom is planta genista, and gradually it came to be pronounced Plantagenet.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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Edith was understood to be an orphan; and though she was called Plantagenet, and the Fair Maid of Anjou, and admitted by Richard to certain privileges only granted to the royal family, and held her place in the circle accordingly, yet few knew; and none acquainted with the Court of England ventured to ask, in what exact degree of relationship she stood to Cur de Lion.
The Talisman
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Were it not fur her, I dare say Edward Plantagenet would long since have succumbed to ennui and despair.
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A moated palace was built at Eltham which became a favourite home of Plantagenet monarchs during the 14th and 15th centuries.
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It was said, a few years ago, that a Plantagenet was a butcher in a suburb of London.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
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HENRY II., as you know, got his name Plantagenet from his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, who used to wear a piece of planta genista in his helmet.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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The chapel in its heraldry is virtually a document of the Tudor/Plantagenet power struggle.
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Ch teau d'Issan, best known for its picturesque moated castle, allegedly served at the wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry Plantagenet, has finally begun to live up to its third-growth ranking.
A Tale of Two Ch
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He was the posthumous son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, fourth son of Henry II, by Constance, heiress of the Dukes of Brittany.
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Shakespeares later play about Richard III, which cast the Plantagenet king as a scheming hunchbacked usurper who murdered his nephews, the Princes in the Tower, so he could steal their throne for himself.
Vanora Bennett - An interview with author
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Princess Yasmine von Hohenstaufen Anjou Plantagenet [!] wrote to the newly-elected Italian president, Giorgio Napolitano, claiming that she was the true heir to Seborga's throne and offering to hand it over to Italy.
Archive 2009-11-01
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She spoke steadily, but the effort ached through her whole frame, especially when the last word illumined John Plantagenet's face with strange sweet light, quenched as his lip trembled, his nostril quivered, his eye even moistened, as he said, 'It is enough, lady; I will no more vex one who is vexed enough already; and you will so far trust me as to regard me as your protector, if you should be in need?'
The Caged Lion
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The former I called the Plantagenet, and ascended it through La Salle,
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
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Were it not fur her, I dare say Edward Plantagenet would long since have succumbed to ennui and despair.
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HENRY II., as you know, got his name Plantagenet from his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, who used to wear a piece of planta genista in his helmet.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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This year the 40th anniversary of Plantagenet Wine, is the story and history of its wines and founder Tony Smith. In 1960 Tony Smith, an English gentleman, migrated to Australia.
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It should not be concluded from this that Norman and Plantagenet kings were reluctant to see the orbit of their influence enlarged.
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In Arthur Bryant's account, Henry III's son, Edward I, was the last of the great Plantagenets, indeed, the very "beau-ideal of a medieval king".
Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets
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Henry II. was the first of the Plantagenets, and he took his name from Geoffrey of Anjou who used to wear a piece of planta genista in his cap.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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It was all a gesture towards Edward Plantagenet likewise.
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Its leader, Richard Plantagenet, reoccupied Acre, executing prisoners and slaughtering its inhabitants.
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He describes Plantagenet's dynastic claim to the throne deriving from Edward III.
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From this he adopted the name Plantagenet, and the kings who descended from him and ruled England for more than three hundred years are called the Plantagenets.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
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No one beholding the proud bearing of the new monarch would have supposed that his family emblem, the lowly broom-plant (_Planta genista_), from which came the name Plantagenet, had been adopted by an ancestor of Richard's in token of humility.
With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds
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As the Plantagenets had their “planta genista,” the broom; so the Dymokes would seem to have had their “oak.” {209b} The descent of the early Dymokes may be briefly given thus: — Scrivelsby, forming part of the Soke of Horncastle, of which the Conqueror held the manor, was given by William to Robert Dispenser, his steward, whom we have several times named in connection with other neighbouring parishes.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
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Swift as thought the veteran archer raised his arblast to his shoulder, the whizzing bolt fled from the ringing string, and the next moment crashed quivering into the corselet of Plantagenet.
Burlesques
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After complicated manoeuvring on both sides, in 1202 King Philip announced that John had forfeited the Plantagenet fiefs in France.
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Plantagenet was Geoffrey's nickname, derived from his habit of sporting sprigs of broom Latin: planta genista in his helmet.
Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets
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The Talisman" lately, and the Plantagenet was her ideal of manly excellence.
Vixen, Volume I.
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Plantagenet was Geoffrey's nickname, derived from his habit of sporting sprigs of broom Latin: planta genista in his helmet.
Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets
