{"id":24259,"date":"2023-04-25T22:32:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=24259"},"modified":"2023-04-25T22:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:32:34","slug":"why-were-they-called-the-plantagenets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/2023\/04\/25\/why-were-they-called-the-plantagenets\/","title":{"rendered":"Why were they called the Plantagenets?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-orange-color\">Q&amp;A<\/span><\/h4>\n\n<h2>Why were they called the Plantagenets?<\/h2>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-ccp-secondary-background-color has-background\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-color\">\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SHORT  ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n<p>The medieval dynasty was named after a shrub&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-ccp-primary-dark-background-color has-background\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-primary-dark-color\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-yellow-color\">LONG  ANSWER<\/span> <\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">England\u2019s longest-reigning royal dynasty \u2013 which ruled for 331 years, <span style=\"\">from 1154 to 1485 \u2013 began when a French count, Geoffrey of Anjou, married Empress Matilda. Their son was Henry II, the first Plantagenet monarch. As the story goes, Geoffrey had picked up a nickname relating to the common broom plant, a type of shrub with yellow flowers, as he liked to wear a sprig in his hat. In Latin, its name is <em>planta genista. <\/em>But it wouldn\u2019t be until the 15th century that Richard, Duke of York claimed the throne as Richard Plantagenet, which finally established the name of the dynasty. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q&amp;A Why were they called the Plantagenets? \u2022 SHORT ANSWER The medieval dynasty was named after a shrub&nbsp; \u2022 LONG ANSWER England\u2019s longest-reigning royal dynasty \u2013 which ruled for 331 years, from 1154 to 1485 \u2013 began when a French count, Geoffrey of Anjou, married Empress Matilda. 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