Angevin

Angevin, dynasty of the counts of Anjou in north-western France founded by Fulk I the Red, under the Carolingian emperors of the 9th century, from whom were descended a series of royal dynasties. In 1128 Geoffrey of Anjou married Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England. Their son, as Henry II of England, was the first of the Angevin, or Plantagenet, line of English kings. Although Anjou passed out of English hands in 1204, the Plantagenet House of the Angevins continued to reign in England in a direct line of descent until the death of Richard II of England in 1399.

A second Angevin dynasty was founded by Charles, count of Anjou, who became king of Naples and Sicily as Charles I in 1265. He lost Sicily to the Spanish in 1282, but his descendants continued as titular rulers of Naples until 1442.

A third dynasty was established when Charles Robert of the Neapolitan branch became king of Hungary as Charles I in 1308. His line died out in 1480 with Rene.