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2006-07-28 13:42:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Plantagenet
2006-07-28 14:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by rich153fish 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
British royalty don't really have surnames. They belong to certain royal houses. Plantagenet was the house that Edward I belonged to. In fact he was the second of the house to rule England. Longshanks was a nickname he got because he was tall, 6' 2". I do know that the epithet"Hammer of the Scots" was inscribed on his tombstone in the Sixteenth century. That was probably political. As well as being King of England he was the Duke of Aquitaine in France. It was having to deal with holding onto these lands that prevented him from spending all of his time and energy trying to maintain control over Scotland.
2006-07-28 23:31:53 · answer #2 · answered by finnegas2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plantagenet.
This is from "Eleanor of Aquitane", who was the first Plantagenet (I think around 1100 AD) In her lifetime, she was married to three kings, and was very powerful for her times. King John (of Robin Hood fame), was one of her sons, who usurped the throne when Richard the Lionhearted was off fighting the Crusades.
Another famous descendent in the Plantangenet family, was Richard III. I believe that the family line ended around that time.
2006-07-28 23:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by Joya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was Edward the Great...the first King of England to be called Great
2006-07-28 20:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by Arthur Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was Edward 1 "the Nail" long-shanks, old English translations are soooo un-reliable, are they not?
2006-07-28 22:26:32 · answer #5 · answered by gregva2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crouchback
2006-07-28 21:03:10 · answer #6 · answered by R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋