brother Henry) freely changed allegiances as it suited them. In 1141, Stephen was captured at Lincoln and his defeat seemed certain. However, Matilda's arrogant behaviour antagonised even her own supporters (Angevins), and Stephen was released in exchange for her captured ally and illegitimate half-brother, Earl Robert of Gloucester. After the latter's death in 1147, Matilda retired to Normandy (which new online casino stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. One of the strongest, most energetic and imaginative rulers, Henry was the inheritor of three dynasties who had acquired Aquitaine by marriage; his charters listed them: 'King of the English, Duke of the Normans and Aquitanians and Count of the Angevins'. The King spent only 13 years of his reign in England; the other 21 years were spent on the continent new online casino THE PLANTAGENET DYNASTIES 1216 - 1485 HENRY III = Eleanor, dau. of Count of Provence (1216–1272) Eleanor, = EDWARD I dau. of (1272–1307) FERDINAND III, King of Castile and Leon EDWARD II = Isabella, dau. (1307–1327) of PHILIP IV, King of France EDWARD III = Philippa, dau. of Count (1327–1377) of Hainault and Holland Edward, Prince = Joan, dau. of Earl Lionel, Duke = Elizabeth Blanche of = John, Duke