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5. | Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy (3.Ermenbourg3, 2.Hélie2, 1.Paula1) was born on 24 Nov 1113 in Anjou, France ; 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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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.
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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]
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- 10. 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.
- 11. 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.
- 12. 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.
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Geoffrey married a concubine in No. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Matilda of Anjou (3.Ermenbourg3, 2.Hélie2, 1.Paula1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: say 1119; William Athling, the son of Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England and Matilda of Scotland. He was born before 5 August 1103. [William, married Matilda of Anjou] When the White Ship was wrecked on the deadly rock, on 25 November 1120, a boat was launched and William, the King's only legitimate son, was rowed to safety. The cries of his half-sister Maud, Countess of Perche, induced him to return to the wreck where they drowned together. This was considered by some to be punishment for Henry I's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring. They had no children.
- History: 1121; After her husband drowned she became a Nun, and was elected abbess of Fontevrault.
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