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Plantagenet

The Plantagenet royal dynasty: England’s ultimate family drama

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Why Henry VI’s reign was such a disaster

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Katherine Swynford: the scandalous duchess and ancestress of royal dynasties

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Like father, like son: Richard Plantagenet and Richard III

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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Plantagenets

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John of Gaunt: father of England’s medieval monarchy and self-styled Spanish king

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