General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> The /Handsome/
Count of Anjou and Normandy, 1144
The name Plantagenet derives from his wearing a spring of yellow broom
(plante genet) in hishelmet as a plume.
Geoffreys father, Fulk V, had married the daughter and heir of the Count
of Maine and so the two counties were united. The year 1127 was an
important year for the fourteen-year-old Geoffrey "the Fair" as he was
married to the widowed Empress Matilda, heir to the King of England. In
1128 a deputation from the Holy Land came to Paris to ask King Louis VII
for a nobleman to marry Melisende, daughter and heir of King Baldwin II.
Fulk V, a widower, was chosen and left Anjou and Maine to Geoffrey while
he married Melisende in 1129, then became King of Jerusalem in 1131.
Although Geoffrey and the much older Matilda disliked each other, he
nevertheless fathered three sons. He was confronted by unruly vassals
which included his own younger brotherHelie, who was eventually captured
and imprisoned at Tours. When released, Helie died of a disease
contracted in prison.
In 1135 King Henry I of Englanddied and his wifes cousin, Stephen de
Blois, seized the crown. Geoffrey campaigned in Normandy on Matildas
behalf but even his fourth campaign in 1138 was no success. In 1139
Matilda invaded England and in 1141 imprisoned Stephen, after which many
castles in Normandy surrendered to Geoffrey. In 1144, after the fall of
Rouen, Geoffrey was invested as Duke of Normandy.
From 1147 until 1149 he went on crusade with King Louis VII of Franc
1150 he passedthe Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son, Henry. Geoffrey
died on 7 September1151 and was buried in the Cathedral of Le Mans.
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Count of Anjou and Normandy, 1144
The name Plantagenet derives from his wearing a spring of yellow broom
(plante genet) in his helmet as a plume.
Geoffreys father, Fulk V, had married the daughter and heir of the Count
of Maine and so the two counties were united. The year 1127 was an
important year for the fourteen-year-old Geoffrey "the Fair" as he was
married to the widowed Empress Matilda, heir to the King of England. In
1128 a deputation from the Holy Land came to Paris to ask King Louis VII
for a nobleman to marry Melisende, daughter and heir of King Baldwin II.
Fulk V, a widower, was chosen and left Anjou and Maineto Geoffrey while
he married Melisende in 1129, then became King of Jerusalem in 1131.
Although Geoffrey and the much older Matilda disliked each other, he
nevertheless fathered three sons. He was confronted by unruly vassals
which included his own younger brother Helie, who was eventually captur
and imprisoned at Tours. When released, Helie died of a disease
contracted in prison.
In 1135 King Henry I of England died and his wifes cousin, Stephen de
Blois, seized the crown. Geoffrey campaigned in Normandy on Matildas
behalf but even his fourth campaign in 1138 was no success. In 1139
Matilda invaded England and in 1141 imprisoned Stephen, after which many
castles in Normandy surrendered to Geoffrey. In 1144, after the fall of
Rouen, Geoffrey was invested as Duke of Normandy.
From 1147 until 1149 he went on crusade with King LouisVII of France. In
1150 he passed the Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son, Henry. Geoffrey
died on 7 September 1151 and was buried in the Cathedral of Le Mans.




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Note:
1. Geoffrey was also known as "The Plantagenet" and more commonly as "Plantagenet, Geoffrey V the Fair, Count of Anjou and Maine". He was Duke Normandy 1144-1150 abdicating  California 1151.

2. The Plantagenet surname was originally a nickname, of the English royal house of Anjou or the Angevin dynasty, founded by Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113-51), husband of Matilda (1102-67), daughter of King Henry I of England. The name is derived from the Latin planta ("sprig") and genistae ("broom plant"), in reference to the sprig that Geoffrey always wore in his cap. Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 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.

Reigning from 1154 to 1485, the Plantagenet kings, in the main line of descent, were Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II; through the house of Lancaster, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI; and through the house of York, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III