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House of Plantagenet
Monarch Born Born where Ruled Died Died where Buried Lineage Portrait
Henry II,
Curtmantle
1		 1133 Le Mans,
France		 1154-1189 1189 Chinon Castle,
Anjou,
France		 Fontevrault Abbey,
France		 Grandson of Henry I Portrait
Richard I,
the Lionheart
1		 1157 Beaumont Palace,
Oxford,
Oxfordshire 		1189-1199 1199 Chalus Castle,
Aquitaine,
France
Fatally wounded during siege		 Fontevrault Abbey,
France		 Son of
Henry II		 Portrait
John,
Lackland
1		 1167 Beaumont Palace,
Oxford,
Oxfordshire 		1199-1216 1216 Newark Castle,
Nottinghamshire		 Worcester Cathedral,
Worcestershire		 Son of
Henry II		 Portrait
Henry III
2		 1207 Winchester Castle,
Hampshire 		1216-1272 1272 Westminster Palace,
London		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
John		 Portrait
Edward I,
Longshanks		 1239 Westminster Palace,
London		 1272-1307 1307 Burgh-on-Sands,
Cumberland		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
Henry III		 Portrait
Edward II 1284 Caernarvon Castle,
Wales		 1307-1327 1327 Berkeley Castle,
Gloucestershire
Murdered		 Gloucester Cathedral,
Gloucestershire 		Son of
Edward I		 Portrait
Edward III
3		 1312 Windsor Castle,
Berkshire		 1327-1377 1377 Sheen Palace,
Surrey		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
Edward II		 Portrait
Richard II
4		 1367 Bordeaux,
France		 1377-1399 1400 Pontefract Castle,
Yorkshire
Murdered		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Grandson of
Edward III		 Portrait

Notes
1. The first three monarchs of the House of Plantagenet, Henry II and his sons Richard and John, are sometimes grouped separately as the House of Anjou (the Angevins).

2. The heart of Henry III is buried at Fontevrault Abbey in France.
3. Edward III was originally buried at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire but his body was moved in 1413 to Westminster Abbey.

4. Richard II became king as his father Edward, the Black Prince died in 1376.

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