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Personal data Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou 


Household of Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou

(1) He is married to Empress Matilda of England.

They got married in the year 1128, he was 14 years old.


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(2) He has/had a relationship with Unknown Mistress.


Child(ren):

  2. Emma Plantagenet,  ± 1140-± 1214


Notes about Geoffrey V Plantagenet Count of Anjou

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 the duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. His marriage to Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England, led to the centuries-long reign of the Plantagenet dynasty in England. The name "Plantagenet" was taken from Geoffrey's epithet. Geoffrey's ancestral domain of Anjou gave rise to the name Angevin, and what became known as the Angevin Empire in the 12th century.

Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Ermengarde of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname from the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the planta genista, or broom shrub) he wore in his hat. The chronicler John of Marmoutier described Geoffrey as handsome, red haired, jovial, and a great warrior.[4] King Henry I of England, having heard reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between his 25-year-old daughter Matilda and Geoffrey. Consent was obtained from both parties, and on 10 June 1128 the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry, in preparation for the wedding.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geoffrey V Plantagenet

Fulk IV Count of Anjou
± 1043-± 1109
Bertrade de Montfort
± 1070-1117
Eremburga of Maine
± 1096-1126

Geoffrey V Plantagenet
1113-1151

(1) 1128

Empress Matilda of England
± 1102-1167

King Henry Plantagenet II,
1133-1189
(2) 

Unknown Mistress
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Hamelin Plantagenet (Warenne) of Anjou,
± 1130-1202
Emma Plantagenet,
± 1140-± 1214

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