Angers Crown Jewels From England After Edward Plantagenet, Angers was the capital of Anjou province and the base of the Plantagenets, who ruled England from 1154 until 1485, but something changed when Edward, the Earl of Warwick, was executed for treason.
HIs execution took place at the Tower of London in 1499 and that’s when 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.
Recalling 25-year-old Edward’s “unfair and horrible death” at the hands of henchmen working for Henry VII, England’s first Tudor king, the city believes it is owed an apology and 513 years’ worth of compensation.
This would amount to billions in today’s currency, but Angers is prepared to accept the jewels to cover it all.
The petition, which has already been signed by hundreds of so-called Angevins, as well as sympathisers around France and other parts of the world, is directed at the Queen. It describes a “state crime” against a noble line that played a central role in making Britain great, and wants the jewels to be put on public display at the Saint Aubin tower in Angers.
The Queen, who speaks good French, will be sent the official petition at the beginning of September, during the Accroche-Cœurs, an annual cultural festival in Angers in which street artists conjure up the city’s rich history. The current Crown Jewels, which are considered priceless, date back only to the coronation of Charles II — long after Edward, the Plantagenet pretender, was killed. Earlier Coronation jewels were melted down by Oliver Cromwell after the execution of Charles I in 1649.
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