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    PLANTAGENET LINE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485play

    Synonyms:

    Plantagenet; Plantagenet line

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("Plantagenet line" is a kind of...):

    dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

    royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)

    Meronyms (members of "Plantagenet line"):

    Henry II (first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189))

    Henry III (son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272))

    John; John Lackland; King John (youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216))

    Richard Coeur de Lion; Richard I; Richard the Lion-Hearted; Richard the Lionheart (son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199))

    Richard II (King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400))

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