Plantagenet

English Etymology Originally a sobriquet of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou Geoffrey of Anjou (1113-1151), founder of the line, who was said to have worn a en yellow broom blossom in his hat, en fro plante genest (fr plante genêt), from en la planta genista sprig of broom, whence la-med Plantagenistae; subsequently adopted as a surname. Pronunciation plăn-tăj′ə-nĭt plăn-tăj′nət, en /plænˈtædʒ.ə.nɪt/ /plænˈtædʒ.(ə.)nət/ en /plænˈtædʒ.ɪ.nɪt/ /planˈtadʒ.(ə.)nət/ UK Noun en historical A member of the dynasty which held the English throne from 1154 to 1485. from 16th c. en 1902 Charles Robert Ashbee Masque of the Edwards of England 7 And in the reign of this king was it shown, how though God may choose a king and set him on a throne, give the soul of him birth, and the hand of him power, the brain of him wit, cunning and wisdom, yea all the fine intelligence of all the Plantagenets, yet a people is also of God, a part of God, and they may uncrown him, destroy him and cast him forth if he act unkingly. The second Edward was thus cast forth, and the doom of him was a terrible doom, less in the dying than that he brake his coronation oath. en 2011 Thomas Penn Winter King 23 Penguin 2012 The last surviving Plantagenet prince descended in the male line, Edward earl of Warwick was a touchstone for Yorkist affections […] and Lincoln understood the galvanizing effect of Warwick's presence at the head of any uprising. Proper noun en community twp:suf/Alfred and Plantagenet p/Ontario c/Canada. en lgarea in the r:suf/Great Southern s/Western Australia the Shire of Plantagenet. Derived terms en Alfred and Plantagenet Further reading en eponyms