1018 - 1076 (58 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Ermengarde of Anjou was born about 1018; died on 21 Mar 1076 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Upon her brother, Geoffrey's death, she became the heiress of the County of Anjou. She was also known as Blanche of Anjou.
Ermengarde married Geoffrey II "Ferreol", Count of the Gâtinais and Château-Landon in 1035. Geoffrey (son of Geoffrey III "Ferole", Count of the Gâtinais and Château Laudon and Beatrice de Mâcon) was born about 1004; died on 1 Apr 1046. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ermengarde married Robert III "the Old", Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France in 1055 in France, and was divorced. Robert (son of Robert II "the Pious", King of France and Constance of Arles) was born about 1011; died on 21 Mar 1076 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Semur-en-Auxois, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
3. | Hildegarde de Château-Landon (1.Ermengarde1) was born about 1032 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died about 1060 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was also known as Hildearde of Gâtinais.
- Last Full Review: 9 Apr 2021
Hildegarde married Joscelin de Courtenay, Seigneur de Courtenay and Château-Renard about 1060. Joscelin (son of Athon de Courtenay, Sire de Courtenay) was born in 1034 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died after 1069 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
7. | Fulk V "le Jeune", King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (4.Fulk2, 1.Ermengarde1) was born in 1092 in France; 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]
Fulk married Mélesinde de Rethe on 2 Jun 1129 in Jerusalem, Holy Land. Mélesinde (daughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem and Malfia) died on 11 Sep 1161 in Holy Land. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
13. | Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy (7.Fulk3, 4.Fulk2, 1.Ermengarde1) 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.
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]
Children:
- 25. 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.
- 26. 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.
- 27. 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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14. | Matilda of Anjou (7.Fulk3, 4.Fulk2, 1.Ermengarde1) 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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