1113 - 1151 (37 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy was born on 24 Nov 1113 in Anjou, France (son of Fulk V "le Jeune", King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou and Ermenbourg of Maine); died on 7 Sep 1151 in Château-du-Loir, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Cathedral of Saint Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Miscellaneous: 1135; 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.
- Title(s): 1144; In 1144 he became the Duke of Normandy.
- Military: 1147; 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.
Notes:
Birth:
Geoffrey "le Bel", meaning "the Handsome" was the first to use the Plantagenet name. One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat. Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of "Plantagenet" has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant.
Name:
Geoffrey married The Empress Maud on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. Maud (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Scotland) was born on 7 Feb 1102 in London, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Marriage Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 3 April 1127.
Marriage Date: Richardson (2004) gives their marriage date as 17 June 1128.
Children:
- Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England was born on 5 Mar 1132/33 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Château Chinon, Normandy, France; was buried after 6 Jul 1189 in Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France.
- Sir Geoffrey VI of Anjou, Count of Anjou and Nantes was born on 1 Jun 1134 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died on 26 Jul 1158.
- William Longespée, Vicomte de Dieppe was born on 21 Jul 1136 in Argentan, Orne, Normandy, France; died on 30 Jan 1163/64 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Normandy, France.
Geoffrey married a concubine in No. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey was born in 1130 in Normandy, France; died on 7 May 1202 in England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.
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Generation: 2
2. | Fulk V "le Jeune", King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou was born in 1092 in France (son of Fulk IV "Rechin", Count of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury); died on 10 Nov 1143 in Acre, Holy Land; was buried after 10 Nov 1143 in Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Holy Land. Other Events and Attributes:
- Moved To: 1128
- Reign: 1131-1143, Jerusalem, Holy Land; King of Jerusalem
- Complier's Note: 2020; Holding place for sources.
Notes:
Death: Moriarty (1945) gives his death date as 13 November 1144.
Weis (1982) states he died in Jerusalem.
Name:
Le Jeune means the younger.
Moved To:
Upon the death of his first wife, Ermengarde of Maine, he handed over the Countship of Anjou to Geoffrey, his son, and left France in 1128. He settled in the Kingdom of Outremer.
Reign:
After King Baldwin II, his new father-in-law died, he ascended the throne of Jerusalem.
Fulk married Ermenbourg of Maine in 1108 in France. Ermenbourg (daughter of Hélie, Count of Maine and Matilde, Dame de Château-du-Loir) died in 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
11. | Agnes d'Évreux was born about 1030 (daughter of Richard, Count of d'Évreux and Godeheut). Children:
- Richard de Montfort died in 1092 in Conches Abbey, Conches-en-Ouche, Normandy, France; was buried in Épernon, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester was born in 1208; died on 4 Aug 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England; was buried after 4 Aug 1265 in Eversham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
- William de Montfort, Bishop of Paris
- Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux died in 18 Apr 1137 or 19 Apr 1137; was buried in Abbey of Hautes-Bruyères, Saint-Remy-l'Honore, Île-de-France, France.
- 5. Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury was born about 1060 in Montfort l'Amauri, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France.
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15. | Eremburge (daughter of Mathildis). Other Events and Attributes:
- History: Eremburge was living between 1067 and 1095.
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