Armorial of Plantagenet

Azure, six lions or

gules, two leopards or

From 1168 to 1189, he was duke of Aquitaine and had his mother's blazon : argent, one lion gules.

From 1189 to 1198, as king of England, he took another blazon : gules, two lions affrontés or.

At the end of his life, he chose the blazon with three leopards.

Question about his coats of arms is really complicated.

• John Lackland (1166 † 1216)
• Henry III (1207 † 1272)
• Edward I Longshanks (1237 † 1307)
• Edward II (1284 † 1327)
• Edward III (1312 † 1377)

gules, three leopards or.

• Edward III (1312 † 1377)
• Richard II (1367 † 1399), who impaled his coats of arms with Edward the Confessor's mythical blazon (see below)
• Henry IV (1367 † 1413)

In 1340, Edward III claimed the throne of France and adopted new arms, Quarterly France and England.

• Henry IV (1367 † 1413)
• Henry V (1387 † 1422)
• Henry VI (1421 † 1471)
• Edward IV (1442 † 1483)
• Edward V (1470 † 1483)
• Richard III (1452 † 1485)

At the end of the 14th century, the kings of France simplified their coats of arms, replacing the field semé-de-lys with three fleurs-de-lys, alluding to the Trinity. From about 1405 the kings of England imitated this change. As modified, the monarchs of England continued to bear arms in this form until the crown union with Scotland in 1603.

gules, three leopards or, a label azure.

This blazon was probably borne by his son Edward (later King Edward III) as prince of Wales.

Quarterly; 1st and 4th, semy of fleurs-de-lys or; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three leopards or; overall a label argent.

During his father's lifetime he added a cross of Saint George to the middle point of the label.

As king, he combined the royal arms with the mythical coat attributed to Edward the Confessor: Per pale: 1st azure a cross flory between five martlets, all or; 2nd quarterly France and England.

• Henry of Monmouth (1387 † 1422), later Henry V, son of Henry IV
• Edward of Westminster (1453 † 1472), son of Henry VI
• Edward (1470 † 1483), later Edward V, son of Edward IV
• Edward of Middleham (1473 † 1485), son of Richard III,
• prince of Wales of House of Tudor.

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure three fleurs-de-lys or; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three leopards or; overall a label argent.

Arms of the counts of Poitiers (see Richard Lionheart above), with a brisure.

gules, three leopards or, a label azure, each pendant charged with three fleur-de-lys or.

gules, three leopards or, overall a bend azure.

gules, three leopards or, overall a label argent.

gules, three leopards or, a bordure argent.

His daughter Joan of Kent and her descendants the Holland earls of Kent bore these arms.

gules, three leopards or, a bordure azure semy of fleur-de-lys or.

In 1371, he married Constance of Castile, heiress of Pedro the cruel, king of Castile and Leon. Claiming the throne of Castile and Leon, he quartered the arms of France-England with those of Castile-Leon.

• John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1371 † 1410)
• Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (1401 † 1418)
• John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset (1404 † 1444) (became Duke of Somerset in 1443)
• Edmund Beaufort, 4th Earl of Somerset (1406 † 1455) (became Duke of Somerset in 1448)
• Henry Beaufort, 2nd (or 3rd) Duke of Somerset (1436 † 1464)
• Edmund Beaufort, 3rd (or 4th) Duke of Somerset (c. 1439 † 1471)

His son Edward of Norwich followed the king in reducing the fleurs-de-lys to three.