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Geoffroy V d'Anjou Comte d'Anjou et du Maine, Duc de Normandie
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Geoffroy V d'Anjou Comte d'Anjou et du Maine, Duc de Normandie 4 5
- Born: 24 Aug 1113 2
- Marriage (1): Matilda de Normandie Holy Roman Empress on 17 Jun 1128 in Cathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, FR 1 2 3
- Partnership (2): Mistress [1]
- Partnership (3): Mistress [2]
- Partnership (4): Mistress [3]
- Died: 7 Sep 1151, Château-du-Loir, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, 72500, FR aged 38 6
- BuriedMale: Cathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, FR 7
Other names for Geoffroy were Geoffrey "Plantagenêt" d'Anjou Comte d'Anjou and Geoffroy "le Bel" d'Anjou Comte d'Anjou.
General Notes:
GEOFFROY d'Anjou, son of FOULQUES V Comte d'Anjou & his first wife Eremburge Comtesse du Maine (24 Aug 1113-Château du Loire 7 Sep 1151, bur Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou). His parentage is specified by Orderic Vitalis. The Chronicæ Sancti Albini records the birth "1113 IX Kal Sep" of "Gaufridus comes". He succeeded in 1129, when his father abdicated and left for Jerusalem, as GEOFFROY V "le Bel/Plantagenet" Comte d'Anjou. He invaded Normandy in 1137 in support of his wife's claim to succeed her father. He was proclaimed Duke of Normandy 19 Jan 1144, but resigned the dukedom to his eldest son in 1150. Robert of Torigny records the death "1151 VII Id Sep" of "dux Henricus…pater eius" at "apud Castrum Ledi" and his burial in "civitatis Cinomannicæ…in ecclesia sancti Juliani". The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "VII Id Sep 1151" of "Andegavorum comes Gaufridus tertius Martellus gener Henrici…regis Anglorum".
m (Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou 17 Jun 1128) as her second husband, MATILDA [Maud] of England, widow of Emperor HEINRICH V, daughter of HENRY I King of England & his wife Matilda of Scotland (Winchester or London Feb/Aug 1102-Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Près, near Rouen 10 Sep 1167, bur Abbaye de Bec, Normandy, later moved to Rouen Cathedral). Her second marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis. The Chronicle of Gervase records the second marriage of "filiam suam…viduam" to "Gaufrido comiti Andegaviæ". "Goffridus comes filius Fulconis regis Jerusalem" renounced rights to Angers with the consent of "filiis meis Henrico et Goffrido" by charter dated [1136/1140] which also names "uxori meæ Mathildi". Robert of Torigny records the death "1167…IV Id Sep Rothomagi" of "matris suæ [Henrici regis] Mathildis imperatricis" and her burial "Becci". The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "II Id Sep" of "Mathildis imperatrix filia Henrici regis uxor Goffredi comitis".
Comte Geoffroy & his wife had three children: Henri, Geoffroy and Guillaume.
Comte Geoffroy had three illegitimate children by different mistresses: Hamelin, Marie and Emma.
Events
• Title: Comte d'Anjou et du Maine, 1129-1151.
• Title: Duc de Normandie, 1144-1151.
Geoffroy married Matilda de Normandie Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Henry I of England King of England, Duc de Normandie and Matilda Dunkeld, on 17 Jun 1128 in Cathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, FR.1 2 3 (Matilda de Normandie Holy Roman Empress was born on 7 Feb 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, SO22, GB, died on 10 Sep 1167 8 and was buried in Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, 76000, FR.)
Geoffroy had a relationship with Mistress [1].
Geoffroy had a relationship with Mistress [2].
Geoffroy had a relationship with Mistress [3].
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Sources
1
Frederick Lewis Weis, Jr. Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, <i>Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals</i> (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004 (Reprint)), 1:24.
2
Alison Weir, <i>Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy</i> (Random House, 2011), p. 59.
3
Charles Cawley, <i>Medieval Lands</i>.
4
Sir Francis Palgrave, Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Geoffrey Palgrave Barker, <i>The Collected Historical Works of Sir Francis Palgrave</i> (University Press, 1922), Vol. III, p. 430.
5
Frederick Lewis Weis, Jr. Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, <i>Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals</i> (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004 (Reprint)), 1-23, 118-25.
6
Frederick Lewis Weis, Jr. Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, <i>Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals</i> (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004 (Reprint)), 1:23.
7
Alison Weir, <i>Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy</i> (Random House, 2011), p. 50.
8
Frederick Lewis Weis, Jr. Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, <i>Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals</i> (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004 (Reprint)), 1:24, p. 3.
