Angevin
Term used to describe the English kings Henry II and Richard I (also known, with the later English kings up to Richard III, as the Plantagenets). Angevin derives from Anjou, a region in northwestern France. The Angevin Empire comprised the territories (including England) that belonged to the Anjou dynasty.
| King John is sometimes known as the last of the Angevin dynasty because he was the last English king to reign over Anjou, which he lost in 1204. |
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