Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou

M, (24 November 1113 - 7 September 1151)
Father-Biological*Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou b. 1092, d. 10 Nov 1143
Mother-Biological*Ermenbourg of Maine d. 1126
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Last Edited=13 May 2023
Geoffrey Plantagenent
     Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou was born on 24 November 1113 at Anjou, France.1,2,3,4,5,6 He was the son of Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou and Ermenbourg of Maine. Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou and a concubine were in a relationship that produced offspring circa 1130.4

Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou married The Empress Matilda a Princess of England, daughter of Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Scotland , Queen of England, in 1130 at Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France.7,1,2,3,5,4,6,8 After the death of Henry I in 1135, Geoffrey laid claim to Normandy through his wife Mathilda. Meanwhile, Mathilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin King Stephen who had gained the crown. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144. Geoffrey became, in 1144, the Duke of Normandy.2 He undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. in 1147 In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty.2 He died on 7 September 1151 at Château-du-Loir, Eure-et-Loir, France, at age 37.1,2,3,5,4,6 He was buried at Cathedral of Saint Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France.3,6

Compeller's Notes:
Marriage Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 3 April 1127, while Richardson (2004) gives their marriage date as 17 June 1128.2,4

Child of Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou and a concubine

Child of Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou and The Empress Matilda a Princess of England

Citations

  1. Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa, Fourth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
  2. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
  3. Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times. N.p.: manuscript, 2008.
  4. Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.
  5. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Origin of the Plantagenets", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCIX (January 1945).
  6. Von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R.. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume 1. Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941.
  7. Moore, Keith. "The Consanguinity of the Empress Matilda and Geoffrey of Anjou", Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy volume 8 (2016).
  8. Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.