List of members of the House of Plantagenet

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This is a list of members of the House of Plantagenet. It includes only those who were members of the male-line descent from King Henry II, and consequently bore his "surname", Plantagenet.

Henry II of England, 1133 - 1189, had 5 sons;

1. William IX, Count of Poitiers, 1153 - 1156, died in infancy

2. Henry the Young King, 1155 - 1183, died without issue

3. Richard I of England, 1157 - 1199, died without legitimate issue

4. Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, 1158 - 1186, had 1 son;

A. Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, 1187 - 1203, died without issue

5. John of England, 1167 - 1216, had 2 sons;

A. Henry III of England, 1207 - 1272, had 2 sons;

I. Edward I of England, 1239 - 1307, had 4 sons.

a. Alphonso, Earl of Chester, 1273 - 1284, died young

b. Edward II of England, 1284 - 1327, had 2 sons;

i. Edward III of England, 1312 - 1377, had 5 sons;

1. Edward, the Black Prince, 1330 - 1376, had 2 sons;

A. Edward, 1365 - 1372, died young

B. Richard II of England, 1367 - 1400, died without issue

2. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1338 - 1368, died without male issue

3. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1340 - 1399, had 4 sons;

A. John, 1362 - 1365, died in infancy

B. Edward, 1365 - 1368, died in infancy

C. John, 1366 - 1367, died in infancy

D. Henry IV of England, 1366 - 1413, had 4 sons;

I. Henry V of England, 1387 - 1422, had 1 son;

a. Henry VI of England, 1421 - 1471, had 1 son;

i. Edward of Westminster, 1453 - 1471, died without issue

II. Thomas, Duke of Clarence, 1388 - 1421, died without issue

III. John, Duke of Bedford, 1389 - 1435, died without issue

IV. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1390 - 1447, died without male issue

4. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, 1341 - 1402, had 2 sons;

A. Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, 1373 - 1415, died without issue

B. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, 1375 - 1415, had 1 son;

I. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, 1411 - 1460, had 8 sons;

a. Henry of York, 1441, died in infancy

b. Edward IV of England, 1442 - 1483, had 3 sons;

i. Edward V of England, 1470 - c.1483, died without issue

ii. Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, 1473 - c.1483, died young

iii. George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, 1477 - 1479, died young

c. Edmund, Earl of Rutland, 1443 - 1460, died without issue

d. William of York, 1447, died in infancy

e. John of York, 1448, died in infancy

f. George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1449 - 1478, had 1 son;

i. Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, 1475 - 1499, died without issue

g. Thomas of York, 1451, died in infancy

h. Richard III of England, 1452 - 1485, had 1 son;

i. Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, 1473 - 1484, died young

5. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1355 - 1397, had 1 son;

A. Humphrey Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, 1381 - 1399, died without issue

ii. John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, 1316 - 1336, died without issue

c. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, 1300 - 1338, had 1 son;

i. Edward of Norfolk, 1320 - 1334, died young

d. Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, 1301 - 1330, had 2 sons;

i. Edmund Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Kent, 1326 - 1331, died young

ii. John Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Kent, 1330 - 1352, died without issue

II. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, 1245 - 1296, had 2 sons;

a. Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 1278 - 1322, died without issue

b. Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, 1281 - 1345, had 1 son;

i. Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1310 - 1361, died without male issue

B. Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, 1209 - 1272, had 2 sons;

I. Henry of Almain, 1235 - 1271, died without issue

II. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, 1249 - 1300, died without issue

Upon the death of Edward, Earl of Warwick, the House of Plantagenet became extinct in the male line, an astonishing fate for a dynasty whose members produced many sons, especially Edward III, who had five sons who survived to adulthood. The Plantagenets seem to have been cursed by early deaths and a tendency not to have children.