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6. | Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey was born in 1130 in Normandy, France (son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and a concubine); died on 7 May 1202 in England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: 1164; In 1164, he was present at the council of Northampton, and joined in the denunciation of Archbishop Thomas. He supported King Henry II in 1173, against the king's sons. In 1176, he was one of the escorts of Joan, daughter of King Henry II, to her marriage to the King of Sicily. Inn 1189, he attended the coronation of King Richard I, and later supported the kings chancellor against the intrigues of Prince John against the King. Then he was one of the treasurers of he ransom for King Richard. At King Richard I's second coronation, Earl Hamelin was carried one of the three swords. Then in 1199, he attended the coronation of King John.
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He was the 5th Earl of Surrey.
Hamelin married Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey in Apr 1164 in England. Isabel (daughter of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Ela de Talvas) was born in 1137 in Surrey, England; died on 12 Jul 1203; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | 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.
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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.
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Geoffrey married a concubine in No. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey was born in 1118 (son of William II de Warren, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester); died on 6 Jan 1148 in Laodicea, Turkey. Other Events and Attributes:
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He was the 3rd Earl of Surrey.
William married Ela de Talvas. Ela (daughter of William I Talvas, Comte de Ponthieu, Alecon, and Montreuil and Alice of Burgundy) was born about 1124 in d'Alencon, Normandy, France; died in 1178 in Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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