So here is my question. What would the first members of House Plantagenet identified themselves as? I am aware the Richard Duke of York, took the name Plantagenet for his family and thus their descendants during the War of the Roses to strengthen his legitimacy to the English Throne, I'm also aware that the name Plantagenet was a nickname taken by Henry II which is potentially related to his personal emblem, which was a "common broom" or planta genista in medieval Latin. So what house would the early "Plantagenets" identified themselves as? Would it have been of the House of Anjou? Would they even have identified themselves with any particular family name? Or would they have just used various cognomens or titles such as "the Lionheart" "Lackland" or Duke of Anjou or Brittany to distinguish themselves from one another.
Cheers for any help anyone may be able to offer in advanced!
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