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Apr 10, 2024 · 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.
The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England. Geoffrey V "le Bel" or "Plantagenet". Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine, 1129-1151. Duke of Normandy, 1144-1151. When Fulk V set off for Jerusalem in 1129, he left his counties of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine to his son Geoffrey V [ Chr. S. Serg. Andegav., s.a. 1129].
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Nov 27, 2018 · Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou was the second husband of Empress Matilda, Lady of the English, daughter of King Henry I of England, and the ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England.
Count Geoffrey V of Anjou (1129-51) features in Anglo-French historiography as a peripheral figure in the Anglo-Norman succession crisis which followed the death of his father-in-law, Henry I of England and Normandy (1100-35).
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May 22, 2024 · Discover life events, stories and photos about Geoffroy V Plantagenêt Comte d'Anjou et de Touraine (1113–1151) of La Flèche, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France.
Jul 29, 2018 · Geoffrey was born 24 August 1113, the eldest son of Foulques V d’Anjou and Eremburga de La Flèche and was known as, “the Handsome.”. Geoffrey was named after his great-grandfather Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais. King Henry I of England had two children, a son named William and a daughter Matilda.
When Geoffrey 'Plantagenet' Comte de Anjou was born on 24 August 1113, in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France, his father, Foulques V d'Anjou roi de Jérusalem, was 24 and his mother, Erembourg comtesse du Maine, was 17. He married Matilda of England Holy Roman Empress on 5 June 1127, in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. They were the parents of at ...
