The Devil's Brood examines the Angevin Dynasty, otherwise known as the Plantagenets, which ruled over England and the greater part of France until John lost most of the family lands in Europe. Henry II was the first Angevin king of England, and Part IX examines the civil war between John and Arthur of Brittany following Richard's death.
Cast of Characters:John-King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of AnjouEleanor of Aquitaine-Duchess of...
The Devil's Brood examines the Angevin Dynasty, otherwise known as the Plantagenets, which ruled over England and the greater part of France until John lost most of the family lands in Europe. Henry II was the first Angevin king of England, and Part IX examines the civil war between John and Arthur of Brittany following Richard's death.
Cast of Characters:
John-King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou
Eleanor of Aquitaine-Duchess of Aquitaine and John's mother
Joan-former queen of Sicily and John's sister
Constance-duchess of Brittany and John's sister-in-law
Arthur-Constance's only son
Philip II-king of France, John's nominal overlord for Normandy, Aquitaine and Anjou
Louis-Philip's eldest son
Ingeborg-Philip's estranged wife, sister of King Cnut VI of Denmark
William Marshal-earl of Pembroke, leading noble in the Angevin federation
Guilliame des Roches-seneschal of Anjou
Baldwin IX-Count of Flanders and Hainaut
Alfonso VIII-King of Castile, John's brother-in-law
Blanche-daughter of Alfonso and Eleanor of England
Innocent III-Pope
Sources:
The Plantagenets: the Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England-Dan Jones
The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the War for the Plantagenet Crown-Nick Barratt
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones-Thomas Asbridge
Lionheart & Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest-Frank McLynn
King John, Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: the Road to Magna Carta-Marc Morris
King John and the Road to Magna Carta-Stephen Church
King John-W.L. Warren
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings-Amy Kelly
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life-Alison Weir
The Angevin Empire-John Gillingham
The Plantagenet Empire: 1154-1224, Martin Aurell, translated from the French by David Crouch
Angevin England 1154-1258-Richard Mortimer
Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire-Richard Huscroft
Medieval Flanders-David Nicholas
Image Credit: King Henry II and his chlidren (left to right: William, Henry the young King, Richard Lionheart, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleonor, Joan, John Lackland)
By Anonymus - http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=49987, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14711475
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