Plantagenet
English royal house, which reigned from 1154 to1399, and whose name comes from the nickname of Geoffrey, Count of Anjou (1113–1151), father of Henry II, who often wore in his hat a sprig of broom, planta genista. In the 1450s, Richard, Duke of York, took ‘Plantagenet’ as a surname to emphasize his superior claim to the throne over that of Henry VI.
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