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Geoffroy V d'Anjou, dit le Bel ou Plantagenêt ( 24 août 1113 2 – 7 septembre 1151, Château-du-Loir ), fut comte d'Anjou, du Maine et de Touraine ( 1129 - 1151 ), et, plus tard, duc de Normandie ( 1144 - 1151 ). Il est surnommé Plantagenêt à cause du brin de genêt qu'il avait l'habitude de porter à son chapeau.
The County of Anjou ( UK: / ˈɒ̃ʒuː, ˈæ̃ʒuː /, US: / ɒ̃ˈʒuː, ˈæn ( d) ʒuː, ˈɑːnʒuː /; [1] [2] [3] French: [ɑ̃ʒu]; Latin: Andegavia) was a French county that was the predecessor to the Duchy of Anjou. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany ...
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May 29, 2018 · The Oxford Companion to British History JOHN CANNON. *Geoffrey ‘Plantagenet’* (1113–51), count of Anjou [1] (1129–51) and duke of Normandy (1144–51), became the husband of Henry I [2]'s designated heiress, the Empress Matilda [3], on 17 June 1128, in a political marriage which was intended to neutralize Anjou's participation in the wars which.
Geoffrey III of Anjou (in French Geoffroy III d' Anjou) (c. 1040–1096), called le Barbu ("the Bearded"), was the Count of Anjou 1060–68. Early life. Geoffrey, born c. 1040, was the eldest son of Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais and Ermengarde of Anjou, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou.
other name: Geoffroy d'Anjou. Details. individual; ruler; French; British; Male. Life dates. 1132-1151. Biography. Elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga de La Flèche. In 1128 married Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England; their son Henry became King of England as Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty.
14 November 1060 (aged 54) Angers, France. Geoffrey II, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was a French nobleman who was the Count of Anjou from 1040 to 1060. He was the last count who was a male line descendant of Ingelger. The countship passed through his sister Ermengarde-Blanche of Anjou to her son Geoffrey III.
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).
