- List of members of the House of Plantagenet
This is a list of members of the
House of Plantagenet . It includes only those who were members of the male-line descent from King Henry II, and consequently bore his "surname", "Plantagenet".Henry II of England , 1133 - 1189, had 5 sons;:1.William, Count of Poitiers , 1153 - 1156, died in infancy:2.Henry the Young King , 1155 - 1183, died without issue:3.Richard I of England , 1157 - 1199, died without issue:4.Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany , 1158 - 1186, had 1 son;::A.Arthur I, Duke of Brittany , 1187 - 1203, died without issue:5.John of England , 1167 - 1216, had 2 sons;::A.Henry III of England , 1207 - 1272, had 2 sons;:::I.Edward I of England , 1239 - 1307, had 4 sons.::::a.Alphonso, Earl of Chester , 1273 - 1284, died young::::b.Edward II of England , 1284 - 1327, had 2 sons;:::::i.Edward III of England , 1312 - 1377, had 5 sons;::::::1.Edward, the Black Prince , 1330 - 1376, had 2 sons;:::::::A. Edward, 1365 - 1372, died young:::::::B.Richard II of England , 1367 - 1400, died without issue::::::2.Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence , 1338 - 1368, died without male issue::::::3.John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , 1340 - 1399, had 4 sons;:::::::A. John, 1362 - 1365, died in infancy:::::::B. Edward, 1365 - 1368, died in infancy:::::::C. John, 1366 - 1367, died in infancy:::::::D.Henry IV of England , 1366 - 1413, had 4 sons;::::::::I.Henry V of England , 1387 - 1422, had 1 son;:::::::::a.Henry VI of England , 1421 - 1471, had 1 son;::::::::::i.Edward of Westminster , 1453 - 1471, died without issue ::::::::II.Thomas, Duke of Clarence , 1388 - 1421, died without issue::::::::III.John, Duke of Bedford , 1389 - 1435, died without issue::::::::IV.Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester , 1390 - 1447, died without male issue::::::4.Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , 1341 - 1402, had 2 sons;:::::::A.Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York , 1373 - 1415, died without issue:::::::B.Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge , 1375 - 1415, had 1 son;::::::::I.Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York , 1411 - 1460, had 8 sons;:::::::::a. Henry of York, 1441, died in infancy:::::::::b.Edward IV of England , 1442 - 1483, had 3 sons;::::::::::i.Edward V of England , 1470 - c.1483, died without issue::::::::::ii.Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York , 1473 - c.1483, died young::::::::::iii.George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford , 1477 - 1479, died young:::::::::c.Edmund, Earl of Rutland , 1443 - 1460, died without issue:::::::::d. William of York, 1447, died in infancy:::::::::e. John of York, 1448, died in infancy:::::::::f.George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence , 1449 - 1478, had 1 son;::::::::::i.Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick , 1475 - 1499, died without issue:::::::::g. Thomas of York, 1451, died in infancy:::::::::h.Richard III of England , 1452 - 1485, had 1 son;::::::::::i.Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales , 1473 - 1484, died young::::::5.Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester , 1355 - 1397, had 1 son;:::::::A. Humphrey Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, 1381 - 1399, died without issue:::::ii.John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall , 1316 - 1336, died without issue::::c.Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk , 1300 - 1338, had 1 son;:::::i. Edward of Norfolk, 1320 - 1334, died young::::d.Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent , 1301 - 1330, had 2 sons;:::::i. Edmund Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Kent, 1326 - 1331, died young:::::ii. John Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Kent, 1330 - 1352, died without issue:::II.Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster , 1245 - 1296, had 2 sons;::::a.Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster , 1278 - 1322, died without issue::::b.Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster , 1281 - 1345, had 1 son;:::::i.Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster , 1310 - 1361, died without male issue::B.Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall , 1209 - 1272, had 2 sons;:::I.Henry of Almain , 1235 - 1271, died without issue:::II.Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall , 1249 - 1300, died without issueUpon the death of Edward, Earl of Warwick the House of Plantagenet became extinct in the male line, an astonishing fate for a dynasty whose members produced many sons, especially Edward III, who had five sons who survived to adulthood. The Plantagenets seem to have been cursed by early deaths and a tendency not to have children.
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