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Royal houses of England

  • House of YorkEdmund of Langley, the fourth surviving son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, received the title Earl of Cambridge in 1362.
  • House of PlantagenetIn 1133, a boy named Henry was born in Le Mans to Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda. His father had spent years trying to secure an alliance with the…
  • House of TudorOwen Tudor abandoned the Welsh patronymic naming practice and adopted a fixed surname in the early 1400s. He chose the name of his grandfather, Tudur ap…