Count Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, V

1113 - 1151  (38 years)

• Name	Geoffrey PLANTAGENET
  Prefix	Count
  Suffix	V
  Born	24 Aug 1113	Le Mans, Maine, Normandy [France]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	The Handsome, The Fair
  Noteworthy	Founder of the Plantagenet dynasty
  Occupation	Count of Anjou, Touraine, & Maine, Duke of Normandy
  Cause of Death	Fever
  Died	7 Sep 1151	Chateau-du-Loir, Pays de la Loire, Normandy [France]
  Person ID	I43655	Main
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Fulk DE ANJOU, V,   b. Abt 1092,   d. 13 Nov 1143, Yerushalayim St, Acre, Israel  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Countess Ermengarde LA FLÈCHE-DE BAUGENCY,   b. Abt 1096,   d. 12 Oct 1126  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	1110
  Family ID	F14608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Holy Roman Empress Matilda Maude MNU,   b. Abt 7 Feb 1102,   d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. King Henry PLANTAGENET, II,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Maine, Normandy [France] ,   d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F30726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Geoffrey was the elder s/o Foulques V d'Anjou and Eremburga de La Flèche, daughter of Elias I of Maine. He was named after his great-grandfather Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais. —— 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 as King Henry II (1154-1189) and was the first of the Plantagenet dynasty to rule England; the name "Plantagenet" was taken from Geoffrey's epithet. His ancestral domain of Anjou gave rise to the name Angevin for three kings of England (Henry II his son and heir, and Henry's sons Richard and John), and what became known as the Angevin Empire in the 12th century. —— 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. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Plantagenet,_Count_of_Anjou.