House of Anjou

The Houses of Anjou or Houses of Angevin or the Angevin dynasties are four historical and separate noble houses, whose powerbase originated in the French province of Anjou.

• the House of Anjou, the first Angevin dynasty that started from Ingelger, Count of Anjou to Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou. Geoffrey III, sororal nephew of Geoffrey II, inherited the title.
• the House of Anjou , the second Angevin dynasty that started from Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou to John of England, and, to mark the collapse of the Angevin empire under John, is later referred to as the Plantagenet dynasty (from Henry II of England to Richard III of England). The male line descendants were split into two warring factions during the Wars of the Roses:
  • the House of Lancaster or the descendants of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
  • the House of York or the descendants of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York:
• the Capetian House of Anjou , the third Angevin dynasty that started from Charles I of Naples which ruled parts of France, Hungary, Croatia, Jerusalem, Italy and Poland. The family previously had held Anjou (as Robertians) briefly (861–898) under Robert the Strong and Odo. It had three branches:
  • the House of Anjou-Hungary, that started from Charles Martel of Anjou which ruled Hungary-Croatia (1308–1385, 1386–1395) and Poland (1370–1399).
  • the House of Anjou-Naples, that started from Charles, Duke of Calabria.
  • the House of Anjou-Taranto, that started from Philip I of Taranto and which ruled the remnants of the Latin Empire (1313–1374).
  • the House of Anjou-Durazzo, that started from John, Duke of Durazzo and which ruled Naples (1382–1435) and Hungary (1385–1386).
• the Valois House of Anjou , the fourth Angevin dynasty that started from Louis I of Naples which ruled parts of France and Italy.

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