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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.
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.
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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].
Nov 27, 2018 · Credit – Wikipedia. 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. Born on August 24, 1113, Geoffrey was the eldest of the four children and the elder of the two sons of Fulk V, Count of Anjou and his first ...
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.
other name: Geoffroy V. 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.
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).
