a conflict of death date with a duplicate profile: 15 Jan

and burial location:

Labbeydessergela, Angers

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_V,_Count_of_Anjou

And in French: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy_V_d%27Anjou

Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Early life

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

[edit] Marriage

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England by his first wife Edith of Scotland, and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

[edit] Count of Anjou

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

[edit] Death

Geoffrey died suddenly on 7 September 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France.

[edit] Children

Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

  1. Henry II of England (1133-1189)

  2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

  3. William X, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

[edit] Heraldry

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

[edit] Fictional portrayals

Geoffrey was portrayed by actor Bruce Purchase in the 1978 BBC TV series The Devil's Crown, which dramatised the reigns of his son and grandsons in England.

Geoffrey is an important character in Sharon Penman's novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, which deals with the war between his wife and King Stephen.

[edit] See also

   * John of Marmoutier

[edit] References

   * Jim Bradbury, "Geoffrey V of Anjou, Count and Knight", in The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood III

   * Charles H. Haskins, "Normandy Under Geoffrey Plantagenet", The English Historical Review, volume 27 (July 1912), pp. 417-444

[edit] External links

   * Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou At Find A Grave

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

House of Plantagenet

Born: 24 August 1113 Died: 7 September 1151

French nobility

Preceded by

Fulk V Count of Maine

1126–1151 Succeeded by

Elias II

Count of Anjou

1129–1151 Succeeded by

Henry II

Preceded by

Eustace Count of Mortain

1141–1151

Preceded by

Stephen Duke of Normandy

1144–1150

Plantagenet, surname, originally nickname, of the English royal house of Anjou or the Angevin dynasty, founded by Geoffrey IV, count of Anjou (1113-1151), husband of Matilda (1102-1167), daughter of King Henry I of England. The name is derived from the Latin planta ("sprig") and genista ("broom plant"), in reference to the sprig that Geoffrey always wore in his cap.

Geoffrey married Mrs-Geoffrey V, [Concubine. (Mrs-Geoffrey V, [Concubine was born about 1112 of Normandie, France.)

Geoffrey next married Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN Queen Of England, daughter of King Henry I Beauclerc Of Angevin PLANTAGENET Of England and Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR Of Scotland, on 22 May 1127 in , Le Mans, Sarthe, France. (Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN Queen Of England was born on 5 Aug 1103 in London, Middlesexshire, England, died on 10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France and was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, France.)

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Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou

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Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 – September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel ("The Fair") or "Geoffrey Plantagenet", was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.

Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King-Consort of Jerusalem. Geoffrey's mother was Eremburge of La Flèche, heiress of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the 'genista', or Broom plant) he wore in his hat as a badge.

King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

During Pentecost 1127, Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

  1. Henry II of England (1133-1189)

  2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1134-1158) died unmarried

  3. William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

[edit] References

   * John of Marmoutier

   * Jim Bradbury, "Geoffrey V of Anjou, Count and Knight", in The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood III

   * Charles H. Haskins, "Normandy Under Geoffrey Plantagenet", The English Historical Review, volume 27 (July 1912), pp. 417-444

[edit] External links

   * Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou At Find A Grave

Preceded by

Eustace Count of Mortain

1141–1151 Succeeded by

Henry

Preceded by

Fulk V Count of Anjou

1129–1151

Count of Maine

1126–1151 Succeeded by

Elias II

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GEOFFREY V Plantagenet, 10th Count of Anjou, born Aug 24, 1113 in Anjou, France;

died Sep 7, 1151 in Chateau Eure-et-Lorie, France.

He was the son of FULK Foulques V "the Young" 9th Count of Anjou and ERMENGARDE Countess du Maine.

He married MATILDA Empress of England Apr 3, 1127 in Le Mans Cathedral, France.

MATILDA Empress of England, born Feb 7, 1101/02 in London, England; died Sep 10, 1167 in Notre Dame, France.

Notes for GEOFFREY V Plantagenet 10th Count of Anjou:

He was the Count of Anjou & Duke of Normandy. Family acquired the surname "Plantagenet" from the nickname given Geoffrey because he wore as a badge a sprig of flowering Broom (Plants genista), a habit said to have originated when retrieving his hat, which fell off one day while hunting, he scooped up a handful of yellow broom flowers. The name was not formally used until the mid 15th century, when Richard, Duke of York, claimed the throne through superior right and called himself Richard Plantagenet to emphasize his claim. Was only 14 when his father married him off to Matilda-heir apparent to the English throne.

Notes for MATILDA Empress of England:

Matilda's first husband was Henry V, Emperor of Germany, who died without an heir, May 22, 1125.

Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 1127. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in

his helm.

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Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

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Henry IV (left) and son Henry V (right).Henry V (8 November 1086 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1098 - 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1106 - 1125), the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. Henry's reign coincided with the final phase of the great Investiture Controversy, which had pitted pope against emperor. By the settlement of the Concordat of Worms, he surrendered to the demands of the second generation of Gregorian reformers.

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1 First Italian expedition

2 Return to Germany

3 Second Italian expedition

4 Concordat of Worms

5 Ancestry

6 See also

7 Sources

[edit] First Italian expedition

The main interest of Henry's reign was the settling of the controversy over lay investiture, which had caused a serious dispute during the previous reign. The papal party who had supported Henry in his resistance to his father hoped he would assent to the papal decrees, which had been renewed by Paschal II at the synod of Guastalla in 1106. The king, however, continued to invest the bishops, but wished the pope to hold a council in Germany to settle the question. After some hesitation, Paschal preferred France to Germany, and, after holding a council at Troyes, renewed his prohibition of lay investiture. The matter slumbered until 1110, when, negotiations between king and pope having failed, Paschal renewed his decrees and Henry invaded Italy with a large army.

The strength of his forces helped him to secure general recognition in Lombardy, and at Sutri he concluded an arrangement with Paschal by which he renounced the rite of investiture in return for a promise of coronation, and the restoration to the Empire of all Christendom, which had been in the hands of the German state and church since the time of Charlemagne. It was a treaty impossible to execute, and Henry, whose consent to it is said to have been conditional on its acceptance by the princes and bishops of Germany, probably foresaw that it would occasion a breach between the German clergy and the pope. Having entered Rome and sworn the usual oaths, the king presented himself at St Peter's Basilica on 12 February 1111 for his coronation and the ratification of the treaty. The words commanding the clergy to restore the fiefs of the crown to Henry were read amid a tumult of indignation, whereupon the pope refused to crown the king, who in return declined to hand over his renunciation of the right of investiture. Paschal, along with sixteen cardinals, was seized by Henry's soldiers and, in the general disorder which followed, an attempt to liberate the pontiff was thwarted in a struggle during which the king himself was wounded. A Norman army sent by Prince Robert I of Capua to rescue the papists was turned back by the imperialist count of Tusculum, Ptolemy I of Tusculum.

[edit] Return to Germany

Henry left Rome carrying the pope with him; and Paschal's failure to obtain assistance drew from him a confirmation of the king's right of investiture and a promise to crown him emperor. The coronation ceremony accordingly took place on 13 April, after which the emperor returned to Germany, where he sought to strengthen his power by granting privileges to the inhabitants of the region of the upper Rhine.

In 1112, Lothair of Supplinburg, Duke of Saxony, rose in arms against Henry, but was easily quelled. In 1113, however, a quarrel over the succession to the counties of Weimar and Orlamünde gave occasion for a fresh outbreak on the part of Lothair, whose troops were defeated at the Battle of Warnstadt, though the duke was later pardoned.

Having been married at Mainz on 7 January 1114 to Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England, the emperor was confronted with a further rising, initiated by the citizens of Cologne, who were soon joined by the Saxons and others. Henry failed to take Cologne, his forces were defeated at the Battle of Welfesholz (11 February 1115), and complications in Italy compelled him to leave Germany to the care of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia, and his brother Conrad, afterwards the German king Conrad III.

[edit] Second Italian expedition

After the departure of Henry from Rome in 1111 a council had declared the privilege of lay investiture, which had been extorted from Paschal, to be invalid. Guido, Archbishop of Vienne excommunicated the emperor, calling upon the pope to ratify this sentence. Paschal, however, refused to take so extreme a step; and the quarrel entered upon a new stage in 1115 when Matilda of Tuscany, died leaving her vast estates to the papacy. Crossing the Alps in 1116, Henry won the support of town and noble by granting privileges to the one and giving presents to the other. But the papist Jordan, Archbishop of Milan, excommunicated him at San Tecla. He took possession of Matilda's lands, and was gladly received in Rome. By this time Paschal had withdrawn his consent to lay investiture and the excommunication had been published in Rome; but the pope was compelled to flee from the city. Some of the cardinals withstood the emperor, but by means of bribes he broke down the opposition, and was crowned a second time by Burdinas, Archbishop of Braga.

Meanwhile the defeat at Welfesholz had given heart to Henry's enemies; many of his supporters, especially among the bishops, fell away; the excommunication was published at Cologne, and the pope, with the assistance of the Normans, began to make war. In January 1118, Paschal died and was succeeded by Gelasius II. The emperor immediately returned from northern Italy to Rome. But as the new pope escaped from the city, Henry, despairing of making a treaty, secured the election of the Antipope Gregory VIII, who was left in possession of Rome when the emperor returned across the Alps that same year.

[edit] Concordat of Worms

Grave of Henry V in the cathedral of Speyer.After the second Italian expedition, the opposition in Germany was gradually crushed and a general peace declared at Tribur, while the desire for a settlement of the investiture dispute was growing. Negotiations, begun at Würzburg, were continued at Worms, where the new pope, Callistus II, was represented by Cardinal Lambert, Bishop of Ostia.

In the Concordat of Worms, signed in September 1122, Henry renounced the right of investiture with ring and crozier, recognized the freedom of election of the clergy, and promised to restore all church property. The pope agreed to allow elections to take place in presence of the imperial envoys, and the investiture with the sceptre to be granted by the emperor as a symbol that the estates of the church were held under the crown. Henry, who had been solemnly excommunicated at Reims by Callistus in October 1119, was received again into the communion of the church, after he had abandoned his nominee, Gregory, to defeat and banishment.

The emperor's concluding years were occupied with a campaign in Holland, and with a quarrel over the succession to the margraviate of Meissen, two disputes in which his enemies were aided by Lothair of Saxony. In 1124, he led an expedition against Louis VI of France, turned his arms against the citizens of Worms, and on 23 May 1125 died at Utrecht and was buried at Speyer. His heart and bowels are buried at the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht. Having no legitimate children, he left his possessions to his nephew, Frederick II of Swabia, and on his death the line of Franconian, or Salian, emperors became extinct. Henry and Matilda had no surviving children, though Hermann of Tournai mentions a child who died soon after birth. Henry's illegitimate daughter Bertha married Ptolemy II of Tusculum, son of the first Ptolemy, in 1117.

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German king and Holy Roman Emperor. Son of Henry IV and Bertha of Maurine, and the last of the Salic princes. Though he succeeded to his title under a pact with the pope and princes, he refused later to yield his claim to the right of investiture. He seized Pope Paschal II and forced him to order all the clergy to turn over all Church property to him; this illegal agreement was repudiated at once by the princes and by Guido, Archbishop of Vienna, Austria, who excommunicated Henry. When Guido became Pope Saint Callistus II, Henry, to procure internal peace, agreed to a treaty by which the Church alone was to appoint bishops and abbots, while the king, abandoning the ring and crosier at investitures, was entitled to confer the temporalities on ecclesiastics by investing them with a scepter.

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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

  1. Henry II of England (1133-1189)

  2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

  3. William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

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Geoffrey "the Fair" Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Maine, Duke of Normandy.

   Geoffrey "the Fair", meaning "the Handsome" was the first to use the Plantagenet name.  One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat.  Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of "Plantagenet" has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant. 

Born on August 24, 1113

Died on September 7, 1151 and interred at St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou.

   The arms of Plantagenet are described by Richard Thomson: "Ancient Arms of Anjou borne by the Plantagenets, who were Earls of that place, of which family King John was descended.  Gules, a chief argent over all an escarbuncle, or."  Note that: 

(1) Shields were sometimes strengthened with iron bands radiating from the centre which eventually became a part of the coat of arms under the term escarbuncle, and;

(2) Geoffrey "the Fair" Plantagenet pictured above doesn't appear to be carrying these arms.

Geoffrey Plantagenet

   Geoffrey married on May 22, 1127 to Matilda of England who was born in 1104 and died on September 10, 1167. Matilda was the only surviving legitimate child of King Henry I of England. After the death of Henry I in 1135, Geoffrey laid claim to Normandy through his wife Matilda.  Meanwhile, Matilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin King Stephen who had gained the crown. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144. In 1147 he undertook a crusade with King Louis VII  of France. In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty. Click on Matilda for her ancestry. 

   Geoffrey and Mathilda had the following sons: 

Henry II Curtmantle, King of England, born March 5, 1132/33. Click Here for this line.

Geoffrey VI, Count of Nantes and Anjou, born June 1, 1134 and d.s.p July 26, 1158

William Longespée (also William Fitz Empress), Vicomte of Dieppe, born July 21, 1136 and died January 30, 1163/64. (not to be confused with his nephew William Longespée, named in the Magna Charta)

(Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 2004, p. 2 & 3)

Geoffrey was associated with an unknown girlfriend, said by Brian C. Tompsett to be named "Adelaide of Angers". Geoffrey and his girlfriend had a son:

Hamelin Plantagenet

Geoffrey also had two daughters, but the mother is not known:

Emma (or Emme) Plantagenet who married Dafydd Ab Owain, Prince of North Wales

Mary, Abbess of Shaftesbury

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Geoffrey Plantagenet

Son of Fulk of Anjou, King of Jerusalem and Ermengarde of Maine, was the first to assume the name Plantagenet. His companions dubbed him "Plantagenet" because of the broom corn he wore on his person. King Henry I, in 1127, when a new alliance was made at Rouen, betrothed his daughter Maud, or Matilda, to Geoffrey, and the marriage was celebrated at Le Mans, France, June 2, 1127. She was called the Empress Maud, being the widow of Henry V, Emperor of the Roman Empire and later of Germany, whom she had married Jan. 7, 1114. From the first Geoffrey tried to profit by his marriage, and after the death of Henry I, Dec. 1, 1135, laid the foundation for the conquest of Normandy, by a series of campaigns; about the end of 1135 or beginning of 1136 he entered that country and rejoined his wife, the Countess Maud. After many battles he received the submission of Argentan, Domfront, Bayeux, Caen and Falaise. In March, 1141, on hearing of his wife's success in England he entered Normandy, and many towns surrendered, and in 1144 he entered Rouen and received the ducal crown of Normandy in its cathedral. Finally in 1149, after crushing a last attempt at revolt, he handed over the Duchy to his son Henry, who received the investiture at tfhe hands of the King of France. Geoffrey Plantagenet had, by Maud, who died Sept. 10, 1167, a son and successor Henry, Count of Anjou, who ascended the throne of England as Henry II. (He also had a natural son, Hameline Plantagenet, who married Isabel de Warren, and took the name of d Warren, and became through his wife the Earl of Warren and Surrey. Geoffrey Plantagenet, a prince of great justice and charity, died Sept., 1150, and was buried at Mans, in St. Julien's Church.

todmar.net/ancestry/Plantaganet_main.htm

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Note: Geoffrey became Count of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1129. His father was Fulk V (1092-1144), Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem. Fulk V is a lineal descendant of Pepin, the King of Lombardy and Italy. This Pepin was the son of Charlemagne (721-814), "Emperor of the West" and was the gr. grandson of Charles Martel (688-741). Some genealogists claim that the

lineal ancestry is easily traceable from here to Julius Caesar, 1st of Caesar's who lived c300 B.C.

In the line between Caesar and Clovis stands the name of King Colius II of Britain whose name

has been preserved in "Mother Goose Tales" as "Old King Cole".

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From http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm#GeoffroyVdied1151B

GEOFFROY d’Anjou, son of FOULQUES V Comte d'Anjou & his first wife Eremburge Ctss du Maine (24 Aug 1113-Château du Loire 7 Sep 1151, bur Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou). His parentage is specified by Orderic Vitalis[317]. The Chronicæ Sancti Albini records the birth "1113 IX Kal Sep" of "Gaufridus comes"[318]. He succeeded in 1129, when his father abdicated and left for Jerusalem, as GEOFFROY V “le Bel/Plantagenet” Comte d’Anjou. He invaded Normandy in 1137 in support of his wife's claim to succeed her father[319]. He was proclaimed Duke of Normandy 19 Jan 1144[320], but resigned the dukedom to his eldest son in 1150. Robert of Torigny records the death "1151 VII Id Sep" of "dux Henricus…pater eius" at "apud Castrum Ledi" and his burial in "civitatis Cinomannicæ…in ecclesia sancti Juliani"[321]. The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "VII Id Sep 1151" of "Andegavorum comes Gaufridus tertius Martellus gener Henrici…regis Anglorum"[322].

m (Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou 17 Jun 1128) as her second husband, MATILDA [Maud] of England, widow of Emperor HEINRICH V King of Germany, daughter of HENRY I King of England & his wife Matilda of Scotland (Winchester or London Feb/Aug 1102-Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Près, near Rouen 10 Sep 1167, bur Abbaye de Bec, Normandy, later moved to Rouen Cathedral). Her second marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis[323]. The Chronicle of Gervase records the second marriage of "filiam suam…viduam" to "Gaufrido comiti Andegaviæ"[324]. "Goffridus comes filius Fulconis regis Jerusalem" renounced rights to Angers with the consent of "filiis meis Henrico et Goffrido" by charter dated [1136/1140] which also names "uxori meæ Mathildi"[325]. Robert of Torigny records the death "1167…IV Id Sep Rothomagi" of "matris suæ [Henrici regis] Mathildis imperatricis" and her burial "Becci"[326]. The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "II Id Sep" of "Mathildis imperatrix filia Henrici regis uxor Goffredi comitis"[327].

Mistresses (1) to (3): ---. The names of the mistresses of Comte Geoffroy are not known.

Comte Geoffroy & his wife had three children

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1. ID: I38478
2. Name: Geoffrey the Fifth Plangatenet
3. Surname: Plangatenet
4. Given Name: Geoffrey the Fifth
5. Prefix: Duke
6. Sex: M
7. Birth: 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, Rhône-Alpes, France 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8. Death: 7 Sep 1151 in Château-du-Loir, Eure-Et-Loir, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France 1 9 3 4 5 6 10
9. Burial: Sep 1151 St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
10. Ancestral File #: 8WKK-1D
11. Reference Number: 4888
12. LDS Baptism: 26 Nov 1932 Temple: ARIZO
13. Endowment: 3 Mar 1933 Temple: ARIZO
14. _UID: AC5BD90830708C4F902C6069A220209F6972
15. Baptism: 26 Nov 1932 6
16. Baptism: 26 Nov 1932 6
17. Event: Endowment 3 Mar 1933 6
18. Event: Endowment 3 Mar 1933 6
19. Event: Seal to Parents 11 Mar 1991 Jrive 6
20. Event: Seal to Parents 11 Mar 1991 Jrive 6
21. Occupation: Count of Anjou
22. Note:

   Name Suffix:<NSFX> ~Count of Anjou Duke of Normandy

   Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WKK-1D

   Geoffrey's father, Fulk V, had married the daughter and heir of the Countof

   Maine and so the two counties were united. The year 1127 was an importantyear

   for the fourteen-year-old Geoffrey "the Fair" as he was married to thewidowed

   Empress Matilda, heir to the King of England. In 1128 a deputation fromthe

   Holy Land came to Paris to ask King Louis VII for a nobleman to marry

   Melisende, daughter and heir of King Baldwin II. Fulk V, a widower, waschosen

   and left Anjou and Maine to Geoffrey while he married Melisende in 1129,then

   became King of Jerusalem in 1131.

   Although Geoffrey and the much older Matilda disliked each other, he

   nevertheless fathered three sons. He was confronted by unruly vassalswhich

   included his own younger brother Helie, who was eventually captured and

   imprisoned at Tours. When released, Helie died of a disease contracted in

   prison.

   In 1135 King Henry I of England died and his wife's cousin, Stephen deBlois,

   seized the crown. Geoffrey campaigned in Normandyon Matilda's be half buteven

   his fourth campaign in 1138 was no success. In 1139 Matilda invadedEngland and

   in 1141 imprisoned Stephen, after which many castles in Normandysurrendered to

   Geoffrey. In 1144,after the fall of Rouen, Geoffrey was invested as Dukeof

   Normandy.

   From 1147 until 1149 he went on crusade with King Louis VII of France. In1150

   he passed the Duchy of Normandyto his eldest son, Henry. Geoffrey died on7

   September 1151 and was buried inthe Cathedral of Le Mans.

   SOURCES:

   Royal Ancestors of the Magna Carta Barons; by Collins, pg. 169, 170

   aka Grisognel, the Grey Cloak. Geoffrey of Anjou.

1 9 3 4 5 11 12 10 13 6

1. Change Date: 31 May 2008 at 21:05:00

Father: Foulques V "Jeune" of Jersalum Anjou b: 1092 in Anjou, France c: in France (Foulques Le Jeune-The Younger)

Mother: Ermengarde (Ermentrude) Du Maine b: ABT 1096 in Le Mans, Maine-Et-Loire, France

Marriage 1 Matilda Plantagenet Empress of Germany b: 5 Aug 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England c: 7 Apr 1141 in England - Lady Of The English

   * Married: 3 Apr 1127 in Le Mans,Sarthe,France 1 5 6 9 4 10 3

   * Sealing Spouse: 15 May 1933

   * Event: Seal 15 May 1933 6

Children

  1. Has No Children Agnes Plantagenent b: 1130 in Le Mans,Sathe,France

  2. Has No Children Geoffrey VI "Mantell" Plantagenent Count of Nantes b: 3 Jun 1134 in Rouen,Seine-Maritime,France

  3. Has No Children William Plantagenent Count of Poitoui b: 22 Jul 1136 in Argentan,Orne,France

  4. Has No Children Emma Plantagenent b: 1138 in Normandy,France

  5. Has No Children Agnes Plantagenet b: ABT 1130 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France c: in 18gk-Rl2

  6. Has No Children Geoffery (Mantell) VI of Naples Plantagenet b: 3 Jun 1134

  7. Has No Children Guillaume of Poitou Plantagenet b: 22 Jul 1136

  8. Has No Children Emma of Wales Plantagenet b: ABT 1138 in Normandy, France

  9. Has No Children William Plantagenet b: 22 Jul 1136 in Argentan, Orne, France

 10. Has No Children Geoffrey VI , Plantagenet, Ct Nantes & Anjou b: 1 Jun 1134

 11. Has No Children Geoffrey VI , Plantagenet, Ct Nantes & Anjou b: 1 Jun 1134

 12. Has Children Hamelin Plantagenet b: 1130 in Normandy, France c: in Anjou?

 13. Has No Children Geoffrey V Plantagenet b: 3 Jun 1134 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France c: in 9ftj-Jq

 14. Has No Children Geoffrey V Plantagenet b: in Anjou - Son Of Geoffrey Plantagent IV

 15. Has No Children Geoffrey V Plantagenet b: in Anjou - Son Of Geoffrey Plantagent IV

 16. Has No Children Geoffrey VI "Mantell" Plantagenet ;[Count of Nantes] b: 3 Jun 1134 in , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

 17. Has No Children Guillaume Plantagenet ;[Count of Poitou] b: 22 Jul 1136 in , Argentan, Orne, France

 18. Has No Children Emma Plantagenet ;[Princess of Wales] b: ABT 1138 in Of, , Normandy, France

 19. Has No Children Adewis Plantagenet b: 1132 in Normandy, France

 20. Has No Children Marie of Shaftsbury Abbess of Shaftsbury b: 1134

 21. Has No Children Emma Plantagenet de Anjou b: 1138 in of Normandy, France

 22. Has No Children Henry II Curtmantle b: 25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans

 23. Has No Children Geoffrey VI Martel of Anjou b: 1 Jun 1134 in Argentan

 24. Has No Children William of Anjou b: Aug 1136 in Angers

 25. Has Children Henry II Plantagenet de Anjou England b: 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France c: 1150 in France (Duke Of Normandy) (Aka Henry Of Anjou)

 26. Has No Children Geoffrey VI Plantagenet Ct de Nantes & Anjou b: 3 Jun 1134 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

 27. Has No Children William Plantagenet Ct de Poitou b: 22 Jul 1136 in Argentan, Orne, France

 28. Has No Children Geoffrey de Gatinais , Count of Nantes b: 1 Jun 1134 in Argentan, Basse-Normandie, France

 29. Has No Children William de Gatinais , Count of Poictou b: Aug 1136 in Angers, Pays de la Loire, France

Marriage 2 Mistress Of Geoffrey Of Anjou

   * Married: ABT 1142 in (Had Natural Son

Children

  1. Has Children Hamelin Plantagenet b: 1130 in Normandy, France c: in Anjou?

Marriage 3 Adelaide Angers b: ABT 1070 in Of, , Normandy, France

   * Married: WFT Est 1130-1148 6 6

   * Sealing Spouse: 4 May 1955 in SLAKE

   * Note: _STATMARRIED

   * Event: Seal 4 May 1955 in Sl 6 6 6 6 6

   * Event: Seal 4 May 1955 in Sl 6

Children

  1. Has No Children Adewis Plantagenet b: 1132 in Normandy, France

  2. Has No Children Marie Abess Of Shaftesbury b: 1134 in Normandy,France

  3. Has Children Hamelin Plantagenet b: 1130 in Normandy, France c: in Anjou?

  4. Has Children Hamelin Plantagenet de Anjou Earl of Surrey b: 1130 in Normandy, France c: in Anjou?

  5. Has No Children Emma Plantagenet b: ABT 1138 in Of, Normandy, France

Marriage 4 Mrs-Geoffrey V Plantagenet Concubine 2 b: 1117 in Normandy, Anjou, France

   * Married: WFT Est 1130-1148 6

   * Sealing Spouse: 4 May 1955 in SLAKE

   * Event: Seal 4 May 1955 in Sl 6

   * Event: Seal 4 May 1955 in Sl 6

   * Event: Single ABT 1151 in France probably

Children

  1. Has No Children Emma Plantagenet b: ABT 1151

Marriage 5 1st Concubine of Geoffrey de Gatinais IV b: ABT 1112 in Normandie, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

   * Event: Single Bet 1144 - 1150 in France probably

Children

  1. Has No Children Hamelin de Warenne Plantagenet , 5th Earl Surrey b: Bet 1129 - 1130 in Normandie, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

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Geoffrey (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

  1. Henry II of England (1133-1189)

  2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

  3. William X, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

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Comte de Anjou et Maine

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GEOFFREY V Plantagenet, 10th Count of Anjou, born Aug 24, 1113 in Anjou, France;

died Sep 7, 1151 in Chateau Eure-et-Lorie, France.

He was the son of FULK Foulques V "the Young" 9th Count of Anjou and ERMENGARDE Countess du Maine.

He married MATILDA Empress of England Apr 3, 1127 in Le Mans Cathedral, France.

MATILDA Empress of England, born Feb 7, 1101/02 in London, England; died Sep 10, 1167 in Notre Dame, France.

Notes for GEOFFREY V Plantagenet 10th Count of Anjou:

He was the Count of Anjou & Duke of Normandy. Family acquired the surname "Plantagenet" from the nickname given Geoffrey because he wore as a badge a sprig of flowering Broom (Plants genista), a habit said to have originated when retrieving his hat, which fell off one day while hunting, he scooped up a handful of yellow broom flowers. The name was not formally used until the mid 15th century, when Richard, Duke of York, claimed the throne through superior right and called himself Richard Plantagenet to emphasize his claim. Was only 14 when his father married him off to Matilda-heir apparent to the English throne.

Notes for MATILDA Empress of England:

Matilda's first husband was Henry V, Emperor of Germany, who died without an heir, May 22, 1125.

Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 1127. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in

his helm.

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Geoffrey (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England by his first wife Edith of Scotland, and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

Henry II of England (1133-1189)

Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

William X, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England

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Geoffrey (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Biography

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England by his first wife Edith of Scotland, and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and

Matilda's children were:

Henry II of England (1133-1189)

Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

William X, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

  1. Henry II of England (1133-1189)

  2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

  3. William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

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GEOFFROY d’Anjou, son of FOULQUES V Comte d'Anjou & his first wife Eremburge Ctss du Maine (24 Aug 1113-Château du Loire 7 Sep 1151, bur Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou). His parentage is specified by Orderic Vitalis[320]. The Chronicæ Sancti Albini records the birth "1113 IX Kal Sep" of "Gaufridus comes"[321]. He succeeded in 1129, when his father abdicated and left for Jerusalem, as GEOFFROY V “le Bel/Plantagenet” Comte d’Anjou. He invaded Normandy in 1137 in support of his wife's claim to succeed her father[322]. He was proclaimed Duke of Normandy 19 Jan 1144[323], but resigned the dukedom to his eldest son in 1150. Robert of Torigny records the death "1151 VII Id Sep" of "dux Henricus…pater eius" at "apud Castrum Ledi" and his burial in "civitatis Cinomannicæ…in ecclesia sancti Juliani"[324]. The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "VII Id Sep 1151" of "Andegavorum comes Gaufridus tertius Martellus gener Henrici…regis Anglorum"[325].

m (Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou 17 Jun 1128) as her second husband, MATILDA [Maud] of England, widow of Emperor HEINRICH V King of Germany, daughter of HENRY I King of England & his wife Matilda of Scotland (Winchester or London Feb/Aug 1102-Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Près, near Rouen 10 Sep 1167, bur Abbaye de Bec, Normandy, later moved to Rouen Cathedral). Her second marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis[326]. The Chronicle of Gervase records the second marriage of "filiam suam…viduam" to "Gaufrido comiti Andegaviæ"[327]. "Goffridus comes filius Fulconis regis Jerusalem" renounced rights to Angers with the consent of "filiis meis Henrico et Goffrido" by charter dated [1136/1140] which also names "uxori meæ Mathildi"[328]. Robert of Torigny records the death "1167…IV Id Sep Rothomagi" of "matris suæ [Henrici regis] Mathildis imperatricis" and her burial "Becci"[329]. The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "II Id Sep" of "Mathildis imperatrix filia Henrici regis uxor Goffredi comitis"[330].

Mistresses (1) to (3): ---. The names of the mistresses of Comte Geoffroy are not known.

Comte Geoffroy & his wife had three children1. HENRI d’Anjou (Le Mans, Anjou 5 Mar 1133-Château de Chinon 6 Jul 1189, bur Abbaye de Fontevrault). William of Tyre names him and records his parentage[331]. The Chronicæ Sancti Albini records the birth "1133 III Non Mar" of "Henricus"[332]. Comte de Touraine et de Maine 1151. He succeeded his father in 1151 as HENRI Comte d’Anjou, Duke of Normandy. He became Duke of Aquitaine by right of his wife 18 May 1152. He succeeded King Stephen 19 Dec 1154 as HENRY II King of England, crowned in Westminster Abbey the same day. m (Bordeaux Cathedral 18 May 1152) as her second husband, ELEONORE Dss of Aquitaine, divorced wife of LOUIS VII King of France, daughter of GUILLAUME X Duke of Aquitaine, GUILLAUME VIII Comte de Poitou & his first wife Eléonore de Châtellerault (Nieul-sur-Autize, Vendée or Château de Belin, Guyenne or Palais d’Ombrière, Bordeaux 1122-Abbaye de Fontevrault 1 Apr 1204, bur Abbaye de Fontevrault). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Alienor Guilielmi filia comits Pictavorum et Aquitanie ducis" as wife of "regi Francie Ludovico"[333]. She was crowned Queen Consort of England with her husband 19 Dec 1154 at Westminster Abbey. She supported the revolt of her sons against their father in 1173, was captured and imprisoned in the château de Chinon, later at Salisbury until 1179. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the burial of "uxor [regis Henrici] regina Alienordis" in the same abbey as her husband[334].

2. GEOFFROY d’Anjou (Rouen, Normandy 1 Jun 1134-Nantes 26 Jul 1158, bur Nantes). Robert of Torigny records the birth "1134 mense Maio in Pentecoste Rothomagi" of "Gaufridus secundus filius Gaufridi comitis Andegavensis", specifying that his mother "Matildis imperatrix" was "infirmata…propter difficultatem partus usque ad desperationem"[335]. The Chronicæ Sancti Albini records the birth "1134 Kal Jun" of "Gaufridus"[336]. William of Tyre names him as his parents' second son[337]. "Goffridus comes filius Fulconis regis Jerusalem" renounced rights to Angers with the consent of "filiis meis Henrico et Goffrido" by charter dated [1136/1140] which also names "uxori meæ Mathildi"[338]. His father intended him to succeed as Comte d'Anjou but his brother Henri did not permit this. Geoffroy revolted against his brother in 1152 and 1156, after which his castles of Chinon, Loudun and Mirebeau were confiscated. He was appointed Comte de Nantes by his brother in 1157 after the expulsion of Comte Hoël[339]. Matthew of Paris specifies that Geoffroy was the brother of King Henry II when he records his death in 1158, after which Nantes was transferred to his brother[340]. Robert of Torigny records the death "1158 mense Julio" of "Gaufrido comite Nannetensi fratre Henrici regis Julio"[341].

3. GUILLAUME d’Anjou (Argentan 22 Jul 1136-Rouen 30 Jan 1164, bur Rouen Cathedral). Robert of Torigny records the birth "1136 mense Augusto apud Argentomagum" of "Guillermus tercius filius comitis Gaufridi"[342]. The Chronicæ Sancti Albini records the birth "1136 XI Kal Aug" of "Guillelmus"[343]. William of Tyre names him as his parents' third son "cognomento Longaspata"[344]. Comte de Poitou. His brother granted him extensive lordships in fifteen English counties and the vicomté of Dieppe[345]. Robert of Torigny records the death "apud Rothomagum III Kal Feb…1164" of "Willermus frater Henrici regis" and his burial "in ecclesia Sanctæ Mariæ"[346].

Comte Geoffroy had three illegitimate children by Mistresses (1) to (3):

4. HAMELIN d'Anjou (1130-7 May 1202, bur Chapter House, Lewes). Benedict of Peterborough names "Hamelinus frater regis Henrici comes Warennæ" among those present at the coronation of King Richard I in 1189[347]. Maybe Vicomte de Touraine. 5th Earl of Surrey in 1164 by right of his wife.

- EARLS of SURREY.

5. MARIE d'Anjou (-[1216]). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. Abbess of Shaftesbury, Dorset.

6. EMMA d´Anjou . A manuscript entitled "De Origine Comitum Andegavensium" records that "Gaufridus Plantagenet Comes Andegavensium" had an illegitimate daughter "Emmam quam David Norwallensium Princeps"[348]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Emma quondam uxor David Regis Wallie" was granted "manerium de Hales" in Shropshire by King Henry II[349]. m (1174) DAFYDD I Prince of Gwynedd, son of OWAIN King of Gwynedd & his second wife Christina of Deheubarth (-1204).

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Also called Gaufrid Comes Andegavorum.2 Plantagenet derives from "Earlier authorities [that] say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in his helm." Also called Geoffrey IV "le Bel" of Anjou.3 Geoffroy V "Plantagenêt", comte d'Anjou was born on 24 August 1113 in Anjou, France.4,5 He was the son of Foulques V "le Jeune", roi de Jérusalem and Ermengarde de La Fleche, comtessa du Maine.6,7,8,2 Arms: Azure, six lions rampant or, three, two, one.9 A contract for the marriage of Geoffroy V "Plantagenêt", comte d'Anjou and Matilda "le Impératrice", reine d' Angleterre was signed on 3 April 1127.10 He married Matilda "le Impératrice", reine d' Angleterre, daughter of Henri I "Beauclerc", roi d' Angleterre and Queen of England Matilda the Ætheling MacCrinan, on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans; Her 2nd. 4th cousins, 1x removed.11,12 He was invested with arms of a basic blue shield charged with gold lions by his father-in-law in 1127.9 He associated with N. N. , a concubine of Geoffrey Plantagenet circa 1130. He succeeded his father to his counties when the latter left for Jerusalem to become King in 1131. Count of Touraine between 1131 and 1151.5 10th Count of Anjou in France, between 1131 and 1151.5,12 Count of Maine between 1131 and 1151.5 Duke of Normandy between 1144 and 7 September 1151.5,12,13 He died on 14 September 1151 at age 38 years and 21 days. He died unexpectedly.2

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Count of Anjou

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Reign 1129 – 7 September 1151

Predecessor Fulk V the Younger

Successor Henry II of England

Spouse Matilda of England

Issue

Henry II of England

Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou

William, Count of Poitou

DetailTitles and styles

Duke of the Normans

Count of Mortain, Anjou and Maine

Count of Anjou and Maine

Count of Maine

Royal house House of Plantagenet

Father Fulk of Jerusalem

Mother Ermengarde of Maine

Born 24 August 1113(1113-08-24)

Died 7 September 1151 (aged 38)

Château-du-Loir, France

Burial Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans

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Count Geoffrey V "le Bon" - "The Handsome" Plantagenet - also known as: Count of Anjou.

Count Geoffrey - was Count of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1129.

He was the first to assume the name Plantagenet. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom plant he wore in his hat as a badge. The French words for this (plante and genet) became the English name Plantagenet.

From the beginning Geoffrey tried to profit by his marriage and after the death of Henry I, laid the foundation for the conquest of Normandy.

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_AKA: Geoffrey "The Fair" or "Le Bon"

Birth: 24 Aug 1113 in , , Anjou, France

Death: 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau, ,Blois, France

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His surname may have been "de la Bruer" [Pullen010502.FTW]

The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in his helm.

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Geoffrey of Anjou Count d'Anjou, Duke of Normandy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 7 on 23 Aug 1113. He died 8 on 14 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir, France. He was buried in St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou. He married 9 Matilda Empress of Germany, Princess of England on 3 Apr 1127 in LeMans, France. [Parents]

79842833. Matilda Empress of Germany, Princess of England was born 1 in 1104. She died 2 on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Normandy, France.

Sources:

1Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Carta Sureties, 1215, (Genealogical Publishing Co. 5th ed. 1999), page 189, line 161-10.

2Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 7th Ed, 1999), page 112, line 123-25.

3Encyclopaedia Brittanica, http://www.brittanica.com.

"Geoffrey IV

b. Aug. 24, 1113

d. Sept. 7, 1151, Le Mans, Maine [France]

also called GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, byname GEOFFREY THE FAIR, French GEOFFROI PLANTAGENET, OR GEOFFROI LE BEL, count of Anjou (1131-51), Maine, and Touraine and ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England through his marriage, in June 1128, to Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England. On Henry's death (1135), Geoffrey claimed the duchy of Normandy; he finally conquered it in 1144 and ruled there as duke until he gave it to his son Henry (later King Henry II of England) in 1150.

Geoffrey was popular with the Normans, but he had to suppress a rebellion of malcontent Angevin nobles. After a short war with Louis VII of France, Geoffrey signed a treaty (August 1151) by which he surrendered the whole of Norman Vexin (the border area between Normandy and Île-de-France) to Louis."

4David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists (English Ancestry Series, Volume 1, 2nd Ed., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 277.

5Alison Weir, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Ballantine Books, New York: 1999), page 77.

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"Born on 24 August 1113, Geoffrey was early on nicknamed 'le Bel' (the Fair); he grew up to be an exceptionally good-looking and graceful man who embodied many early ideals of chivalry. 'Tall in stature, handsome and red-headed,' he had many

'outstanding, praiseworthy qualities. As a soldier he attained the greatest glory, dedicating himself to the defence of the community and to the liberal arts. He strove to be loved and was honourable to his friends; he was more trustworthy than the rest. His words were always good-humoured and his principles admirable. This man was an energetic soldier and most shrewd in his upright dealings. He was meticulous in his justice and of strong character. He did not allow himself to be corrupted by excess or sloth, but spent his time riding about the country and performing illustrious feats. By such acts he endeared himself to all, and smote fear into the hearts of his enemies. He was unusally affable and jovial to all, especially soldiers.'

[According to Ralph of Diceto], the charm, however, concealed a cold, shallow, and selfish character.

Geoffrey was nicknamed 'Plantagenet' on account of the sprig of broom flower (Latin: planta genista) that he wore in his hat. Although the dynasty founded by his son is referred to as the Plantagenet dynasty - a term coined by Shakespeare - the name ws not used again by Geoffrey's descendants until Richard, Duke of York, adopted it around 1460 to emphasize his claim to the throne."

(Quoting the Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou, a history of the counts of Anjou which was compiled in the 12th century by several authors, including Odo, Abbot of Marmoutier and Thomas of Loche.).

6K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002), 223.

"Son of Fulk V of Anjou an Eremburg, countess of Maine. He married Matilda, daughter and designated heiress of Henry I of England on 17 June at Le Mans, having been knighted by Henry ten days before. His father left immediately thereafter for Jerusalem, where he was betrothed to the heiress of the kingdom, leaving Anjou and Maine to Geoffrey. Geoffrey's marriage to an older woman, which produced three sons, the future Henry II, William and Geoffrey, was more successful politically than personally. Geoffrey fought for his wife's inheritance in Normandy after the usurpation by her cousin Stephen. He was duke of Normandy from 1141 until he resigned it to his son in 1150. He died unexpectedly on 14 September 1151."

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The name Plantagenet is derived from the plant common broom, which is known as "planta genista" in Latin. It was originally spelled Plante Genest or Plantegenest or Plantaginet. It originated with Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England.

It is most commonly claimed that the name arose because he wore a sprig of it in his bonnet[1] though perhaps otherwise that he planted broom to improve his hunting covers[2] or used a broom to scourge himself. Its significance has been said to relate to its golden flower[3] or contemporary belief in its vegetative soul.[4]

The surname Plantagenêt has been retroactively applied to the descendants of Geoffrey of Anjou as they had used no surname. The first descendant of Geoffrey to use the surname was Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, father of both Edward IV and Richard III, who apparently assumed it about 1448.[5]

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Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou et Maine also went by the nick-name of Geoffrey 'the Fair'.1 He was also known as Geoffrey of Anjou.4 He gained the title of 10th Comte d'Anjou in 1129.3 He succeeded to the title of 12th Duc de Normandie on 19 January 1144.3 He gained the title of Comte de Maine. He abdicated as Duke of Normandy in 1150.1

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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

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1113-51.

Son Fulk V,count of Anjou and king of Jerusalem and Eremburg of La Fleche; count of Anjou (1129-51); founder of the Plantagenet Dynasty. Geoffrey's nickname derived from his physical appearance - he was said to be tall, handsome, graceful and strong. He was also known as Geoffrey Plantagenet, apparently from the sprig of broom (genet) he wore in his hat. In 1128, aged 15, he was married to Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England and the widow of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. They disliked each other, but maintaned an uneasy political alliance and produced three sons, Henry (the future Henry II, King of England), Geoffrey and William.

Geoffrey spent much of his youth imposing order on his unruly vassals, including his own brother Elias, count of Maine, who rebelled against him in 1131; Geoffrey captured Elias and held him prisoner at Tours. Elias died soon after his release from a disease contracted in prison. In ii35 Henry I died, and Matilda's cousin Stephen of Blois sized the English throne, together with Normandy, traditionally coveted by the counts of Anjou. Geoffrey laid claim to the duchy in his wife's right.

Between 1135 and 1138 Geoffrey launched four expeditions into Normandy, none of which achieved great success. The expedition mounted in 1137 was stricken b dysentery, and forced to return swiftly to Anjou. In 1139 Matilda invaded England, seeking to press her claim to the English throne, and Geoffrey remained in Anjou to continue the war against Normandy. The Norman barons opposed Geoffrey, not through loyalty to Stephen, who had only visited Normandy once, but out of hatred of their traditional enemy, Anjou. However, Norman morale was weakened when Matilda captured Stephen at Lincoln in 1141, and many castles surrendered to Geoffrey, leaving him in control of most of the lands between Bayeux and the Seine. In 1142 he took the Avranchin and Mortain, and in 1143 moved east of the Seine, overrunning the Cotentin. He was invested as duke of Normandy in 1144 after the fall of Rouen, and Arques, the last castle opposing him, capitulated in 1145, leaving him unchallenged master of Normandy.

After the conquest of Normandy, Geoffrey joined Louis VII of France on the abortive Second Crusade (1147-9) returning in 1149. In 1150 he ceded Normandy to his son Henry, who also inherited the family claim to the English throne. Geoffrey died on 7 September 1151, and was buried in Le Mans Cathedral: the founder of a great dynasty of kings through is son, Henry II of England.

Source:

The Plantagenet Chronicles: 38-63, 80, 102, 140, 154

Input by Mimi Arcala

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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

Henry II of England (1133-1189)

Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

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Geoffrey (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche, heiress of Elias I of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge. King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.

On 17 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England by his first wife Edith of Scotland, and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.

The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.

When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.

During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.

Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.

Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:

  1. Henry II of England (1133-1189)

  2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes

  3. William X, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried 

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.

The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.

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The Plantagenets are also called Angevins, because their immediate paternal progenitors were Counts of Anjou, an autonomous county in northern France. They descend in the male line from from the Counts of Gatinais, one of whom had married an heiress to the county, her Anjou ancestors deriving from an obscure 9th century nobleman named Ingelger.[2] It is due to this lineage that the Plantagenets are sometimes referred to as the First House of Anjou. One of the more notable Counts was Fulk, a crusader who became King of Jerusalem. It was his son, Geoffrey, nicknamed Plantagenet, who gave his name to the dynasty,[3] and Fulk's grandson, Henry, was the first of the family to rule England.[4]

Henry's claim to the English throne came through his mother, the Empress Matilda, who had claimed the crown as the daughter of Henry I of England.[5] Empress Matilda's brother William Adelin had died in the wreck of the White Ship, leaving Matilda her father's only surviving legitimate child.[5] However, on Henry's death in 1135, Matilda's cousin Stephen of Blois was supported by much of the Anglo-Norman nobility, and was able to have himself crowned instead.[6] A tightly fought civil war known as The Anarchy ensued, with Matilda gaining support from her illegitimate half-brother, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester.[7] The balance swayed both ways during the war, Matilda gained control at one point and carried the title "Lady of the English" before Stephen forced her out to Anjou.[8] Unrest and instability continued throughout Stephen's reign, while on the continent, Geoffrey managed to take control of the Duchy of Normandy for the Angevins in 1141 but seemingly showed no interest in campaigning across the Channel.[9]

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b. Aug. 24, 1113

d. Sept. 7, 1151, Le Mans, Maine [France]

also called GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, by name GEOFFREY THE FAIR, FrenchGEOFFROI PLANTAGENET, OR GEOFFROI LE BEL, count of Anjou (1131-51),Maine, and Touraine and ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of Englandthrough his marriage, in June 1128, to Matilda, daughter of Henry I ofEngland. On Henry's death (1135), Geoffrey claimed the duchy of Normandy;he finally conquered it in 1144 and ruled there as duke until he gave itto his son Henry (later King Henry II of England) in 1150.

Geoffrey was popular with the Normans, but he had to suppress a rebellionof malcontent Angevin nobles. After a short war with Louis VII of France,Geoffrey signed a treaty (August 1151) by which he surrendered the wholeof Norman Vexin (the border area between Normandy and Ile-de-France) toLouis.

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BIOGRAPHY: Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy. According to the "Complete Peerage", revised edition, vol. 1 (1910), p. 183, footnote (c): It is much to be wished that the surname "Plantagenet", which, since the time of Charles II, has been freely given to all the descendants of Geoffrey of Anjou, had some historical basis which would justify its use, for it forms a most convenient method of referring to the Edwardian kings and their numerous descendants. The fact is, however, as has been pointed out by Sir James Ramsay and other writers of our day, that the name, although a personal emblem of the aforesaid Geoffrey, was never borne by any of his descendants before Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (father of Edward IV), who assumed it, apparently about 1448.

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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Coun