Angevin Empire

Japanese: アンジュー帝国 - あんじゅーていこく
Angevin Empire

…They dominated almost the entire Middle Ages in England, but the period is divided into two periods at the end of the reign of Edward I in the early 14th century.
[First half]
The Plantagenet dynasty began with the accession of Henry II (1154-1189) to the throne after the civil wars of King Stephen. He assumed the position of ruler of the vast Angevin Empire, having acquired Anjou, Maine, and Touraine from his father's side, Normandy from his mother's side, and Aquitaine from Queen Eleanor (formerly the wife of Louis VII of France). The political and cultural center of the empire was on the continent, and England, located on its outskirts, provided the Angevins with the throne and the manpower and material resources for their sovereign's activities on the continent.

From Henry II

…His father was Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, a powerful French nobleman, and his mother Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy, was initially married to the German Emperor Henry V, but died. Henry II inherited vast estates from both his father's and mother's side, and further married Eleanor, wife of Louis VII of France, and combined them with her inheritance of the Marquis of Aquitaine to create the Angevin Empire, which stretched from the Pyrenees in the west to southern France. However, only England was his property, and all the continental territories that made up the core of the empire were held as feudal vassals of the French king. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Angev Empire" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イングランド中世のほぼ全時代を支配したが,14世紀初頭のエドワード1世の治世の終りをもって前期と後期に分けられる。
[前期]
 プランタジネット朝はスティーブン王の内乱時代の後をうけてヘンリー2世(在位1154‐89)の即位とともに始まるが,彼は父方よりアンジュー,メーヌ,トゥーレーヌを,母方よりノルマンディーを,また王妃エレアノール(もとフランスのルイ7世の王妃)よりアキテーヌを得て広大な〈アンジュー帝国〉の主君たる地位を占めた。帝国の政治的・文化的中心は大陸にあり,イングランドはその辺境にあってアンジュー家に王位と,また主君が大陸で活動するための人的・物的資源とを提供した。…

【ヘンリー[2世]】より

…父はフランスの有力貴族アンジュー伯ジェフリー,母マティルダはイングランド王でかつノルマンディー公ヘンリー1世の娘で,はじめドイツ皇帝ハインリヒ5世と結婚したが死別した。ヘンリー2世は父方と母方から広大な所領を相続し,さらにフランス王ルイ7世の妃であったエレアノールと結婚して彼女の相続するアキテーヌ侯領を合わせ,西のピレネーから南フランスに及ぶ〈アンジュー帝国〉をつくりあげた。ただしイングランドのみが彼の家産で,〈帝国〉の中心部をなす大陸の所領はすべてフランス王の封建家臣として領有した。…

※「アンジュー帝国」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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