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Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 known or believed to be borne by Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and his descendants in the male line.

Family chief

Geoffrey V
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V , called the Handsome and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144...

(1113 † 1151), Count of Anjou

Azure, six lions rampant or

That Geoffrey used this coat is inferred from his memorial enamel, which shows four lions on half of his shield, arranged in a manner to suggest that this was the same as the six-lion shield borne by his grandson William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c. 1176 † 1226; illegitimate son of Geoffrey's son Henry II of England) and by William's son William II Longespée
William II Longespee
Sir William II Longespée, long sword in French, was the son of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, and Ela, 3rd Countess of Salisbury...

 (c. 1212 † 1250).

Henry II
Henry II of England
Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...

(1133 † 1189), son of previous, king of England, duke of Normandy, count of Anjou. No coat is directly attested for him, but it has been deduced from the bearings of his immediate family that he bore a coat with two lions passant, with the tinctures unknown.
  • John Lackland
    John of England
    John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...

     (1166 † 1216; later King John) as Lord of Ireland and Count of Mortain also used such a coat


By later tradition, Henry II is said to have used the arms that later came to designate the Duchy of Normandy
Duchy of Normandy
The Duchy of Normandy stems from various Danish, Norwegian, Hiberno-Norse, Orkney Viking and Anglo-Danish invasions of France in the 9th century...

:

gules, two lions passant guardant in pale or

This coat was used by:
  • Richard FitzRoy, (c. 1190 † 1246), baron of Chilham, illegitimate son of king John.


In French blazoning, the lion passant guardant was often termed a léopard. However, this usage was never widespread in England, and is long obsolete.

or perhaps

or

Richard I the Lionheart
Richard I of England
Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...

(1157 † 1199), son of previous, king of England, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, count of Anjou and Poitiers

His arms are only known from two armorial seals, and hence the tinctures can not be determined. His First Great Seal showed one lion on half of the shield. It is debated whether this was meant to represent two lions combattant or a single lion, and if the latter, whether the direction in which the lion is facing is relevant or simply an artistic liberty. A simple lion rampant is most likely.

At the end of his life, his second seal showed three lions, clearly the three-lion coat used by his successors. http://perso.numericable.fr/~earlyblazo/specialarms/richard.htm
Kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine from 1198 to 1340 :
  • Richard I the Lionheart
    Richard I of England
    Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...

     (1157 † 1199)
  • John Lackland
    John of England
    John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...

     (1166 † 1216)
  • Henry III
    Henry III of England
    Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

     (1207 † 1272)
  • Edward I Longshanks
    Edward I of England
    Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...

     (1237 † 1307)
  • Edward II
    Edward II of England
    Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

     (1284 † 1327)
  • Edward III
    Edward III of England
    Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

     (1312 † 1377)


gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or.
Kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine from 1340 to 1400 :
  • Edward III
    Edward III of England
    Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

     (1312 † 1377)
  • Richard II
    Richard II of England
    Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...

     (1367 † 1399), who impaled his coats of arms with Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....

    's mythical blazon (see below)
  • Henry IV
    Henry IV of England
    Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...

     (1367 † 1413)


In 1340, Edward III claimed the throne of France as an inheritance from his mother, Isabella, da. of King Philip IV of France, and adopted new arms, Quarterly France and England. Such arms are termed "Arms of Pretension", where a sovereign adopts arms illustrative of a claim de jure (by right) to the throne of another kingdom.
Kings of England from 1400 to 1603 :
  • Henry IV
    Henry IV of England
    Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...

     (1367 † 1413)
  • Henry V
    Henry V of England
    Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....

     (1387 † 1422)
  • Henry VI
    Henry VI of England
    Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars...

     (1421 † 1471)
  • Edward IV
    Edward IV of England
    Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

     (1442 † 1483)
  • Edward V
    Edward V of England
    Edward V was King of England from 9 April 1483 until his deposition two months later. His reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III...

     (1470 † 1483)
  • Richard III
    Richard III of England
    Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...

     (1452 † 1485)


In 1376, the kings of France altered the royal coat of arms, replacing the field semé-de-lis with three fleurs-de-lis, alluding to the Trinity
Trinity
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...

. This new design is referred to as France Moderne, the previous one being France Ancien. From about 1400 the kings of England imitated this change. As modified, the monarchs of England continued to bear arms in this form until the crown union with Scotland in 1603.

Heirs

Edward of Caernarvon
Edward II of England
Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

(1284 † 1327), Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, later King Edward II

England with a label of three points azure.

This blazon was probably borne by his son Edward
Edward III of England
Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

 (later King Edward III) as Prince of Wales.
Edward of Woodstock
Edward, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....

(1330 † 1376), the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, son of Edward III

Quarterly France and England, over all a label of three points argent..
Richard of Bordeaux
Richard II of England
Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...

(1367 † 1399), son of the Black Prince, later Prince of Wales and later King of England (Richard II).

During his father's lifetime he added a cross of Saint George to the middle point of the label.

As king, he combined the royal arms with the mythical coat attributed to Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....

: Per pale, 1st azure a cross flory between five martlet
Martlet
A martlet is a heraldic charge depicting a stylized bird with short tufts of feathers in the place of legs...

s, all or; 2nd quarterly France and England
.
Princes of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

 from 1405 to 1547 :
  • Henry of Monmouth
    Henry V of England
    Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....

     (1387 † 1422), later Henry V, son of Henry IV
  • Edward of Westminster
    Edward of Westminster
    Edward of Westminster , also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou...

     (1453 † 1472), son of Henry VI
  • Edward
    Edward V of England
    Edward V was King of England from 9 April 1483 until his deposition two months later. His reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III...

     (1470 † 1483), later Edward V, son of Edward IV
  • Edward of Middleham
    Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
    Edward of Middleham, 1st Earl of Salisbury , was the only son of King Richard III of England and his wife Anne Neville. He was Richard's only legitimate child and died aged 11....

     (1473 † 1485), son of Richard III,
  • Prince of Wales
    Prince of Wales
    Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

     of House of Tudor.


Quarterly France and England, over all a label argent.

cadets

William FitzEmpress (1136 † 1163/4), viscount of Dieppe, then Count of Poitou, son of Geoffrey V
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V , called the Handsome and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144...

, Count of Anjou, used an arms with a single lion, tinctures unknown.

William Longespée (c.1176 † 1226), earl of Salisbury, illegitimate son of Henry II, king of England first used a single lion, tincture unknown, before adopting the six-lion coat of his paternal grandfather, Geoffrey V
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V , called the Handsome and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144...

, Count of Anjou.
Richard
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Richard of Cornwall was Count of Poitou , 1st Earl of Cornwall and German King...

(1209 † 1272), earl of Cornwall, then king of the Romans, son of John Lackland, king of England

Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned or a bordure sable bezantée.


Arms of the counts of Poitiers (see Richard Lionheart above), with a brisure
Cadency
In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person at once...

.
Earls of Lancaster
Earl of Lancaster
The title of Earl of Lancaster was created in the Peerage of England in 1267, merging in the crown in 1399. See also Duke of Lancaster.-Earls of Lancaster :...

issued from Edmund Crouchback
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
Edmund of Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster , was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. In his childhood he had a claim on the Kingdom of Sicily. His nickname refers to his participation in the Ninth Crusade.-Childhood:Edmund was born in London...


England with a label azure semé-de-lis or..
  • Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
    Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
    Edmund of Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster , was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. In his childhood he had a claim on the Kingdom of Sicily. His nickname refers to his participation in the Ninth Crusade.-Childhood:Edmund was born in London...

     (1246 † 1296)
  • Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (1280 † 1322), forfeit 1322
  • Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
    Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
    Henry , 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster was an English nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward II of England.-Family and lineage:...

     (1281 † 1345), restored 1327
  • Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (1300 † 1361)
Henry
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Henry , 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster was an English nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward II of England.-Family and lineage:...

(1281 † 1345), earl of Leicester, son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, before restoration as Earl of Lancaster in 1327

England with a bendlet azure.
Thomas of Brotherton
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Lord Marshal of England was the son of Edward I of England and Margaret of France.-Early life:...

(1300 † 1338), Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I Longshanks.

England with a label of three points argent.
Edmund of Woodstock
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent was a member of the English Royal Family.-Early life:He was born at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the son of Edward I Longshanks, King of England and his second wife, Margaret of France. He was 62 years younger than his father, who died when Edmund of Woodstock...

(1301 † 1330), Earl of Kent, son of Edward I.

England with a bordure argent.

His daughter Joan of Kent
Joan of Kent
Joan, Countess of Kent , known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first English Princess of Wales...

 and her descendants the Holland earls of Kent bore these arms.
John of Eltham
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
John of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwall was the second son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. He was heir to the English throne from the date of the abdication of his father to the birth of his nephew Edward of Woodstock .-Life:John was born in 1316 at Eltham Palace, Kent...

(1316 † 1336), Earl of Cornwall, son of Edward II

England with a bordure azure charged with fleurs-de-lis or.
Lionel of Antwerp
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Ulster and 5th Baron of Connaught, KG was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault...

(1338 † 1368), 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Edward III.

Quarterly France and England, over all a label of five points, each point bearing a cross gules.

There is also evidence that he sometimes carried, as pictured,

Quarterly France and England, over all a label of three points, each point bearing a canton gules.
Thomas of Woodstock
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Buckingham, 1st Earl of Essex, Duke of Aumale, KG was the thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault...

(1355 † 1397), earl of Essex, of Buckingham and duke of Gloucester, fifth son of Edward III

Quarterly France and England, over all a bordure argent.

House of Lancaster
House of Lancaster
The House of Lancaster was a branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. It was one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century...

 

John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , KG was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault...

(1340 † 1399), Duke of Lancaster, third son of Edward III.

In 1371, he married Constance of Castile
Constance of Castile (1354-1394)
Constance of Castile was claimant of the Castilian throne after the death of her father Peter the Cruel, her mother being María de Padilla, whom Peter had secretly married but was then forced to repudiate, only to keep her as a mistress...

, heiress of Pedro the Cruel
Pedro of Castile
Peter , sometimes called "the Cruel" or "the Lawful" , was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI of Castile and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Afonso IV of Portugal...

, king of Castile and Leon. Claiming the throne of Castile and Leon, he quartered the arms of France-England with those of Castile-Leon.

Quarterly, 1st and 4th quarterly France and England, 2nd and 3rd quarterly Castile and Leon.
Thomas of Lancaster
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, KG , also known as Thomas Plantagenet, was the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun. He was born before 25 November 1387 as on that date his father's accounts note a payment made to a woman described as his nurse...

(1388 † 1421), Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV.

Quarterly France and England, over all a label of three points ermine, on each point a canton gules.
John of Lancaster
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, KG , also known as John Plantagenet, was the third surviving son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as Regent of France for his nephew, King Henry VI....

(1389 † 1435), Duke of Bedford, son of Henry IV.
Humphrey of Lancaster
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Pembroke, KG , also known as Humphrey Plantagenet, was "son, brother and uncle of kings", being the fourth and youngest son of king Henry IV of England by his first wife, Mary de Bohun, brother to king Henry V of England, and uncle to the...

(1389 † 1447), Duke of Gloucester, son of Henry IV.

Quarterly France and England, over all a bordure argent.
Earls and dukes of Somerset
Duke of Somerset
Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times. Derived from Somerset, it is particularly associated with two families; the Beauforts who held the title from the creation of 1448 and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547 and in whose name the title is...

 issued from John Beaufort
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife...

 (1371 † 1410), son of John of Gaunt:
  • John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
    John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
    John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife...

     (1371 † 1410)
  • Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset
    Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset
    Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset was the eldest son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and the grandson of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford....

     (1401 † 1418)
  • John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset
    John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
    John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, KG was an English noble and military commander.-Family:Baptised on 25 March 1404, he was the second son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, and succeeded his elder brother Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset to become the 3rd Earl of...

      (1404 † 1444) (became Duke of Somerset in 1443)
  • Edmund Beaufort, 4th Earl of Somerset
    Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
    Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG , sometimes styled 1st Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War...

     (1406 † 1455) (became Duke of Somerset in 1448)
  • Henry Beaufort, 2nd (or 3rd) Duke of Somerset
    Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
    Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses. He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Duke of Somerset, since the title was re-created for his father after his uncle died...

     (1436 † 1464)
  • Edmund Beaufort, 3rd (or 4th) Duke of Somerset
    Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
    Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, 6th Earl of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, 3rd Earl of Dorset was an English nobleman and military commander during the Wars of the Roses....

     (c. 1439 † 1471)


Quarterly France and England, over all a bordure compony argent and azure.
Thomas Beaufort
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, KG was an English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, and briefly Chancellor of England. He was the third of four children; the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford...

 (1377 † 1426), Duke of Exeter, son of John of Gaunt

Quarterly France and England, over all a bordure compony ermine and azure.

House of York
House of York
The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three members of which became English kings in the late 15th century. The House of York was descended in the paternal line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III, but also represented...

 

Dukes of York
Duke of York
The Duke of York is a title of nobility in the British peerage. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of the British monarch. The title has been created a remarkable eleven times, eight as "Duke of York" and three as the double-barreled "Duke of York and...

 issued from Edmund of Langley
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, KG was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons who lived to adulthood, of this Royal couple. Like so many medieval princes, Edmund gained his identifying nickname from his...

, fourth son of Edward III.
His son Edward of Norwich
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
Sir Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Rutland, Earl of Cork, Duke of Aumale KG was a member of the English royal family who died at the Battle of Agincourt....

 followed the king in reducing the fleurs-de-lis to three.
  • Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
    Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
    Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, KG was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons who lived to adulthood, of this Royal couple. Like so many medieval princes, Edmund gained his identifying nickname from his...

     (1341 † 1402).
  • Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
    Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
    Sir Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Rutland, Earl of Cork, Duke of Aumale KG was a member of the English royal family who died at the Battle of Agincourt....

     (c. 1373 † 1415) — Son of Edmund of Langley.
  • Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Richard Plantagenêt, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, and 7th Earl of Ulster, conventionally called Richard of York was a leading English magnate, great-grandson of King Edward III...

     (1411 † 1460) — Nephew of Edward of Norwich.
  • Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York
    Edward IV of England
    Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

     (1442 † 1483) — Son of Richard Plantagenet. Became King Edward IV in 1461.


Quarterly France and England, with a label of three points argent, each point charged with three torteaux.
Richard of Conisburgh
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge was the younger son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile....

(1376 † 1415), 3rd Earl of Cambridge, son of Edmund of Langley.

Quarterly France and England, with a label of three points argent, each point charged with three torteaux, a bordure argent charged with lions rampant gules.
Richard of Shrewsbury
Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York
Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, 1st Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Earl Marshal was the sixth child and second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. He was born in Shrewsbury....

(1473 † 1483), Duke of York, second son of Edward IV.

Quarterly France and England, a label of three points argent, on the first point a canton gules.
George
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Warwick, KG was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of kings Edward IV and Richard III. He played an important role in the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the...

(1449 † 1478), Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV.

Quarterly France and England, a label of three points argent, on each point a canton gules.
Edward
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick was the son of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and a potential claimant to the English throne during the reigns of both Richard III and his successor, Henry VII...

(1475 † 1499), Earl of Warwick, son of George, Duke of Clarence.

Quarterly France and England, a label of three points barry argent and azure.
Richard
Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...

(1452 † 1485), duke of Gloucester, brother of Edward IV, later Richard III.

Quarterly France and England, a label of three points ermine.
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