In the 10 years from 1144, two successive French counts of Anjou won control of a vast assemblage of lands that would last for 80 years and would retrospectively be referred to as the Angevin Empire.
Two successive French counts of Anjou won control of a vast assemblage of lands. This was in the 10 years from 1144. These lands would last for 80 years. Two successive French counts of Anjou would retrospectively be referred to as the Angevin Empire. This was in the 10 years from 1144.