Heres just a couple of web sites for Plantagenet descendants to identify their ties http://www.angelfire.com/ca/tsunamilord/plantagenet.html http://www.corriebusinessgroup.com/research/ekings.php as well as a mnemonic for memorizing the dynasties http://www.eudesign.com/mnems/roydeng.htm There are many more sites than this, but Bruce Is right in noting that most say Richard II was the last of the Plantagenet Kings and Henry IV was from the house of Lancaster and others from the house of York .. So then bring up http://www.warsoftheroses.com/ And we who have ended up on this side of the pond sometimes think our elections are nasty! Just look what our folks were doing long before us to stay in power .. Barbara Dudley Washburn