Geoffrey (the Fair) Plantagenet V, Comte d'Anjou 
Geoffrey, known as the Fair, was born on August 24th, 1113 in Anjou, France. The Fair's father was Foulques V ("the Younger") de Anjou, King of Jerusalem and his mother was Ermengarde du Maine. His paternal grandparents were Count Foulques IV ("the Rude") de Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort; his maternal grandparents were Count Elias of Maine and Matilda de Chateau du Loire. He had a sister named Sybil. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 38 on September 7th, 1151 in Chateau du Loire, France. He was buried in St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou.General Notes
Event: ACCEDED 1129 5th Count of Anjou
RULED 1144 - 1150 Duke Of Normandy
Also known as "The handsome". The Plantagenet name was originated by Geoffrey because he sported a sprig of broom plant that he always wore in his hat.
Count of Anjou (1113-51, husband of Matilda (1102-67), daughter of King Henry I
"Beauclerc" England.
Burke says the marriage was April 2, 1127. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistrae) in his helm. Duke of Normandy 1144-1150.
Geoffrey IV, also called GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, byname GEOFFREY THE FAIR, French GEOFFROI PLANTAGENET, or GEOFFROI le BEL (b. Aug. 24, 1113--d. Sept. 7, 1151, Le Mans, Maine [France]), count of Anjou (1131-51), Maine, and Touraine and ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England through his marriage, in June 1128, to Matilda (q.v.), daughter of Henry I of England. On Henry's death (1135), Geoffrey claimed the duchy of Normandy; he finally conquered it in 1144 and ruled there as duke until he gave it to his son Henry (later King Henry II of England) in 1150.
Geoffrey was popular with the Normans, but he had to suppress a rebellion of malcontent Angevin nobles. After a short war with Louis VII of France, Geoffrey signed a treaty (August 1151) by which he surrendered the whole of Norman Vexin (the border area between Normandy and Île-de-France) to Louis. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
Marriage 1 Queen MATILDA, Of England b: FEB 1101/02 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
Children
Earl Hameline PLANTAGENET, Of Surrey b: 1130 in Normandy, France
King Henry PLANTAGENET II, Of England b: 5 MAR 1132/33 in LeMans, Normandy, France
Count Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, Of Nanes b: 1 JUN 1134 in Argentan, Normandy, France
Emma PLANTAGENET b: ABT. 1136
William PLANTAGENET, Of Poitou b: 22 JUL 1136 in Angers, Normandy, France
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0953 in Gatinais, France d.> 0990
- b.~ 0983 in Gatinais, France d.01 Apr 1046 in Anjou, France
- b.~ 1004 in Seine-et-Loire, France d.01 Apr 1046 in Jerusalem, Israel
- b.~ 0952 in Macon, Seine-et-Loire, France d.~ 0981
- b.~ 0983 in Macon, Seine-et-Loire, France d.~21 Mar 1075
- b.0958 in Rheims, Marne, France d.~05 May 1004
- b.~ 1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
- b.21 Jul 0958 in Anjou, France d.21 Jul 0987
- b.0970 in Anjou, France d.21 Jun 1040 in Metz, Moselle, France
- b.~ 0934 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.> 0982
- d.~21 Mar 1075
- b.~ 0964 in Anjou, France d.01 Apr 1046 in Jerusalem, Israel
- b.~ 1092 in France d.13 Nov 1144 in Jerusalem, Israel
- b.~ 0967
- b.~ 0993 d.>04 Feb 1031
- b.~ 1025 in Montfort, France d.~ 1087
- b.~ 1059 in Montfort, France d.14 Feb 1117 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.0964 d.1037
- b.~ 0986 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.~ 1067 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0968 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1030 in Normandy, France
- b.1004 d.> 1070
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loire, France
- b.1030
- b.~ 1055
- b.~ 1096 in Maine, Normandy, France d.~ 1126 in Maine, Normandy, France
- b.0975
- b.1000
- b.~ 0971 d.27 Oct 1035
- b.1030
- b.1055
- b.1030
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Individual Additional Information
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Associated external link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_V%2C_Count_of_Anjou
