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The Angevin Empire (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ɪ v ɪ n /; French: Empire Plantagenêt) was the collection of territories held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further influence over much of the remaining British Isles.
English: A map of the so-called Angevin Empire within Europe circa 1190 CE, including possessions/vassals in France, Marcher Lordships in Wales and Barons in Ireland. Note that the borders of the Cumans, Kipchaks, Kievan Rus', Kama Bulgarians and Viatka do not extend right to the edge of the map (due to a sub-map covering them up on the source map).
The term "Angevin Empire" was coined in 1887 by Kate Norgate.As far as it is known, there was no contemporary name for this assemblage of territories, which were referred to—if at all—by clumsy circumlocutions such as our kingdom and everything subject to our rule whatever it may be or the whole of the kingdom which had belonged to his father.
Angevin is French for "of Anjou". The three Angevin kings were the 12th-century Geoffrey of Anjou's son, Henry II, and grandsons Richard I and John. Noble houses were regularly denominated by a territory or place of birth, eg., House of Normandy, House of Wessex. "Angevin" can also refer to the period of history in which they reigned.
The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions ...
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:France_blank.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.5 . 2008-11-07T13:50:25Z Sting 1796x1797 (572016 Bytes) + boundary for the Channel Islands ; - canals
The political borders of Europe are difficult to define. ... Anglo-Norse Empire (1016–1035) Angevin Empire (1154 - 1214) Kingdom of Gwent (5th century–1075), ...
Henry was the first Angevin king of England, followed by his sons Richard I and John. The Angevin kings ruled over extensive possessions in the British Isles and France, known as the Angevin Empire. As a result of their cross-Channel empires, the Norman and Angevin kings spent little time in England.