Brad Pitt has a notable ancestral link to medieval England, being a distant relative of the late Queen Elizabeth II through ...

and her second husband Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' when he was young and succeeded King Stephen in October 1154. Archbishop Thomas a ...

The biggest medieval battle in England ...

Provoked by Plantagenet extravagance ... Following a civil war with King Stephen, their son Henry II ruled vast lands in England and France. Magna Carta. videoMagna Carta Magna Carta is one ...