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Compiled family histories and genealogy including a tribute to Richard III

Fairy Tales Still Come True!

With genealogy a current and flowing topic in the lives of people across the world, today, it is fascinating to find how far back our ancestry takes us, and to know to whom we are related. Many wonderful surprises, though some not so wonderful, greet us along the journey back to our roots and into the personal lives of those who helped to create us, to define us.

On these pages are genealogical portraits of many Plantagenet and connecting royal and noble ancestors, perhaps, including those who may be kin to many of you out there now reading through this website. What is amazing is to read about brave noblemen and royals whose desire for God's Glory is prevalent in many of their stories.

The stories and lineage charts on these pages bring to life the stuff that fairy tales are made of: kings and queens, knights in shining armour, damsels in distress, and castles and crusades. Fairy tales barely exist anymore, however, here, within the ghostly shadows of the ancient Royal realm, we can still partake in our deepest fantasies about knights, castles, and fair maidens and princes, for what was once real, is now the dream. Enjoy!

Plantagenet Family Histories

Posts and articles outlining the history of the Plantagenet Dynasty and other connected lines, from royal birth to dormancy. Alas! the Plantagenet line is alive, in many of us.

"'Dieu et mon droit' (God and My Right), the Royal motto of England as adapted by King Henry V.


Plantagenet Ties to the Roman Catholic Faith

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The Roman Catholic church is the one true Holy and Apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ, and this website will detail the many reasons why this is truth. The Plantagenets were born of the Roman Catholic faith and defended that faith throughout many wars and martyring.

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Royal Roots

Do you have royal roots? Or do you think you might? On this website are some family genealogies and surnames associated with the Plantagenets and Tudors, which may be helpful to your research. The surnames represented just may be one of yours!

The family histories on this website are considered informational and with free access and are derived from various sources.

R3 and wife Anne Neville
The wedding of Richard iii
and Anne Neville
(by artist Graham Turner)

A Remembrance of Richard III

" Richard III, the eleventh child of Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, was born in 1452. He was created third Duke of Gloucester at the coronation of his brother, Edward IV. Richard had three children: one each of an illegitimate son and daughter, and one son by his first wife, Anne Neville, widow of Henry IV's son Edward. Richard's reign gained an importance out of proportion to its length. He was the last of the Plantagenet dynasty, which had ruled England since 1154; he was the last English king to die on the battlefield; his death in 1485 is generally accepted between the medieval and modern ages in England."

Our tribute for Richard iii comes at a time when the cloud of mystery, the secrecy surrounding his unsubstantiated fate, may soon be lifted. We pray for his soul and his peace eternal, and through this website, may it help others to understand just how misunderstood, and maligned, the good king truly was.

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino semplice - Allegro vivace assai/Prestissimo ·
Peter Tchaikovsky · Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Geoffrey of Anjou (Plantagenet) Coat of Arms

Arms of Geoffrey Plantagenet

  • Count of Anjou and progenitor of the Plantagenet Dynasty.

Henry VII Tudor

Henry VII Tudor

  • Father of Henry VIII whose victory at Bosworth ended the Plantagenet reign

The Death of Richard by Graham Turner

The Death of Richard

  • The Battle of Bosworth
    artwork by artist Graham Turner

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Thank You!

We would like to extend a special thank you to artist, Graham Turner, for his permission to use copies of his paintings herein. Mr. Turner retains his own personal copyright for his work and cannot be duplicated here without his written consent.

Graham Turner's Studio 88, Limited

Archived Information

Philippa Langley: Richard III's Staunch Defender. "I am sick to death of the humiliation that is being heaped upon this anointed king."

Richard's followers believe that he has been found guilty all these centuries without any proof to substantiate such claims.

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