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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Fair ( French: le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Normandy by his marriage claim, and conquest, from 1144.
Geoffrey I of Anjou ( c. 938/940 – 21 July 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Grey Gown" or "Greymantle"), [1] was count of Anjou from 960 to 987. Life. Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk II, Count of Anjou and his first wife Gerberga. [2] . He succeeded his father as Count of Anjou about 960, at the age of 20. [3] .
Geoffrey VI (1 June 1134 [1] – 27 July 1158) [2] [3] was Count of Nantes from 1156 to 1158. He was also known as Geoffrey of Anjou and Geoffrey FitzEmpress. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Empress Matilda. His brothers were Henry II of England and William FitzEmpress .
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].
Geoffrey Plantagenet, known as 'the Handsome' was Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine from 1129 and Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. Geoffrey's son by his wife Matilda, (the daughter and heiress of Henry I of England) was to become the first king of the Plantagenet line.
Geoffrey V (1113–1151), called the Handsome ( French: le Bel) and Plantagenet ( Latin: planta genista ), was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine from 1129. He was the Duke of Normandy from 1144.
Anjou was bordered by Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the east and Poitou to the south. Its 12th century Count Geoffrey created the nucleus of what became the Angevin Empire. The adjectival form is Angevin, and inhabitants of Anjou are known as Angevins.
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.
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.
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, died on 7th September 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He was buried at St. Julien Cathedral in Le Mans.
