Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Angevins
drawn on the map 1126–1146
"Angevin" denotes the rulers of Anjou and covers several distinct dynasties. The first "Angevin Empire" (cross-referenced in Part 2) was the Plantagenet realm of Henry II — Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, King of England — which at its height (c. 1154–1204) stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees.
- Shown on the map
- 1126–1146
- Peak area
- 27k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
"Angevin" denotes the rulers of Anjou and covers several distinct dynasties. The first "Angevin Empire" (cross-referenced in Part 2) was the Plantagenet realm of Henry II — Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, King of England — which at its height (c. 1154–1204) stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. Its continental core (Anjou, Maine, Touraine, Normandy) was conquered by Philip II Augustus between 1202 and 1206, leaving only Aquitaine/Gascony in English hands — the taproot of the later Hundred Years' War.
Common questions
- What were the Angevins?
- "Angevin" denotes the rulers of Anjou and covers several distinct dynasties. The first "Angevin Empire" (cross-referenced in Part 2) was the Plantagenet realm of Henry II — Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, King of England — which at its height (c. 1154–1204) stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees.
- When are the Angevins shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Angevins 1126–1146. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large were the Angevins?
- At their greatest extent drawn on this map, the Angevins covered about 27,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives them across the years they are drawn, not necessarily their greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Angevin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angevin
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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