French City of Angers That Was Home of Plantagenets Demands Return of Crown Jewels
19th July 2012
Angers, in the Loire valley, was the capital of Anjou province and the geographical base of the Plantagenets, who ruled England from 1154 until 1485, providing some of the most celebrated monarchs in British history, including Richard the Lionheart and Henry V.
But when Edward Plantagenet, the Earl of Warwick, was executed for treason in the Tower of London in 1499, the house’s legitimate male line came to an end. “As redress for the execution of Edward, Angers today demands that the Crown Jewels of England be transferred to Angers,” reads a petition posted on the city’s official website.
Fine. They can give back the western half of modern France — including the city of Anger, and it’s surrounding district — that was at one time the possession of the English royal family.
July 19th, 2012 at 05:34
I think the statute of limitations has run out on this one.