General Notes

!Hampered by revolt, himself in character little more than a bold, dashing soldier, Geoffry Greygown sank almost into a vassal of his powerful neighbors, the Counts of Blois and Champagne. [WBH - England]
from Ancestry/Ernie Anderson:

!Son of Fulke II, le Bon, Count d'anjou; 2nd husband of Adelheid; father of Ermengarde. [Ped. of Charlemagne, Vol. I, p. 269]

b. 938, d. 987 [Judy Martin]

Count of Anjou, Seneschal of France; known as "Grisgonelle"; m.c. 968 Adelaide de Troyes; father of Fulk Nersa, Conte d'Anjou. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 3301, 3338]

Geoffrey Greygown, whose prowess was the stuff of legend, ruled Anjou from 960-87. Skilful soldier in the French manner, stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 19]

Killed the giant Dane Ethelulf in single combat. He sliced off his head and gave it to a miller to take back to the king of France. The miller identified him by his grey gown and the king ordered that therafter he should be called "Greygown". Succeeded by his son, Count Maurice. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 24]

d. 987. Son of Fulk the Good; count of Anjou (960-87). The CHRONICLE OF THE COUNTS OF ANJOU describes him as 'stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle' and tells of his single-handed victory against Ethelulf the dane, a Goliath-like figure. He was known as Greygown after a witness to the contest picked him out at the French court by the colour of his robes. [The Plantagenet Encyclopedia, p. 84]
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