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Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome, 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.
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Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, from a French engraving. 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. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of ...
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Plantegenest (or Plante Genest) had been a 12th-century nickname for his ancestor Geoffrey, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy. One of many popular theories suggests the blossom of the common broom, a bright yellow ("gold") flowering plant, called genista in medieval Latin, as the source of the nickname. [1]
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Nantes. House. Plantagenet. Father. Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. Mother. Empress Matilda. 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.
May 29, 2018 · Geoffrey ‘Plantagenet’ (1113–51), count of Anjou (1129–51) and duke of Normandy (1144–51), became the husband of Henry I 's designated heiress, the Empress Matilda, on 17 June 1128, in a political marriage which was intended to neutralize Anjou's participation in the wars which troubled Henry's rule in Normandy.
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. In 1360, the county was raised into the Duchy of Anjou within the Kingdom of France.
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome, 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.
