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the_o earldom_n of_o anjou_n from_o his_o part_n wherein_o he_o be_v exclude_v by_o his_o brother_n geofrie_n 1080._o 9_o geofrie_n iv._o son_n of_o foulk_n 2._o 1083._o 10_o foulk_n iii_o brother_n of_o geofrie_n king_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o right_n of_o melisend_v his_o wife_n 1143._o 11_o geofrieâ—_n v._o surname_v plantagenet_n 1150._o 12_o henry_n the_o ii_o king_n of_o england_n son_n of_o earl_n geofrie_n and_o maud_n his_o wife_n daughter_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o 1162_o 13_o geofrie_n vi_o three_o son_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o make_v earl_n of_o anjou_n on_o his_o marriage_n with_o constance_n the_o heir_n of_o bretagne_n 1186._o 14_o arthur_n son_n of_o geofrie_n and_o constance_n 1202._o 15_o john_n king_n of_o england_n succeed_v on_o the_o death_n of_o arthur_n disposs_v of_o his_o estate_n in_o france_n by_o philip_n augustus_n immediate_o on_o the_o death_n of_o arthur_n earl_n and_o duke_n of_o anjou_n beausse_fw-fr of_o the_o line_n of_o 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jerusalem_n and_o earl_n of_o provence_n 1385._o 5_o lewis_n iii_o duke_n of_o anjou_n and_o earl_n of_o provence_n and_o maine_n titularie_a king_n of_o sicil_n naples_n and_o hierâ—salem_n 1416._o 6_o lewis_n iu._n successor_n to_o his_o father_n in_o estate_n and_o title_n 1430_o 7_o roâ—è_fw-la the_o brother_n of_o lewis_n by_o the_o adoption_n of_o qu._n joan_n the_o second_o be_v for_o a_o while_n possess_v of_o naples_n but_o present_o out_v by_o alfonso_n of_o arragon_n and_o die_v the_o titularie_n k._n of_o naples_n sicil_n and_o jerusalem_n the_o father_n of_o queen_n margarite_n wife_n of_o henry_n the_o six_o duke_n of_o bar_n in_o right_a of_o violent_fw-la his_o mother_n 1480._o 8_o charles_n earl_n of_o maine_n nephew_n to_o renè_fw-la by_o his_o 3d_o brother_n charles_n at_o his_o decease_n leave_v anjou_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o estate_n to_o king_n lewis_n the_o 11_o anno_fw-la 1481._o since_o which_o never_o otherwise_o alien_v than_o as_o a_o 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