Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Angevin Empire (/ˈændʒəvɪn/; French: L'Empire Plantagenêt) is, in modern usage, the collection of states once ruled by the Angevins of the House of Plantagenet.The Plantagenets ruled over an area stretching from the Pyrenees to Ireland during the 12th and early 13th centuries. This \"empire\" was established by Henry II of England, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy. In 1152, he had married Eleanor of Aquitaine, becoming ruler of much of what is now southern France. The empire extended over roughly half of medieval France, all of England, and parts of Ireland and Wales.However, despite the extent of Plantagenet rule, Henry's son, John, King of England was defeated in the Anglo-French War (1202–14) by Philip II of France of the House of Capet. This left the empire split in two with John having lost many French provinces, including Normandy and Anjou. This defeat, after which the ruling Plantagenets retained only their British territories and the French province of Gascony, set the scene for the Saintonge War and the Hundred Years' War."@en }
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- Angevin_Empire abstract "The Angevin Empire (/ˈændʒəvɪn/; French: L'Empire Plantagenêt) is, in modern usage, the collection of states once ruled by the Angevins of the House of Plantagenet.The Plantagenets ruled over an area stretching from the Pyrenees to Ireland during the 12th and early 13th centuries. This \"empire\" was established by Henry II of England, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy. In 1152, he had married Eleanor of Aquitaine, becoming ruler of much of what is now southern France. The empire extended over roughly half of medieval France, all of England, and parts of Ireland and Wales.However, despite the extent of Plantagenet rule, Henry's son, John, King of England was defeated in the Anglo-French War (1202–14) by Philip II of France of the House of Capet. This left the empire split in two with John having lost many French provinces, including Normandy and Anjou. This defeat, after which the ruling Plantagenets retained only their British territories and the French province of Gascony, set the scene for the Saintonge War and the Hundred Years' War.".