Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Angevin

adjective of Anjou.

John was not the last of the Angevin kings of England, though he was the last king of England who reigned over Anjou.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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