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Died of sickness and fever while returning from a royal council
Enterrado/a en: Cathedral Saint Julien-le-Mans, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
Esposo de: Empress Matilda
Partner of Adelaide de Angers (Possibly Empress Mathilda) and ? Various Concubines #1, #2. & #3 of Geoffroy d'Anjou
Padre de Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey; Agnes Plantagenet; Marie d'Anjou, Abbess of Shaftesbury; Adewis Plantagenet, d'Anjou; Emma Plantagenet; Henry II "Curtmantle", King of England; Geoffrey VI "Mantell", count of Nantes and William, count of Poitou
Hermano de: Mathilde D'Anjou; Élie II d'Anjou, comte du Maine and Sybille dAnjou, comtesse de Flandre à Béthanie
Medio Hermano de: Amalric I of Anjou, king of Jerusalem and King Baldwin III of Jerusalem
Sources for Relationships
GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports Sister (Sibyl D'Anjou)
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10838/genealogieonline-family-tree-index
GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports Father (Fulk V Deanjou)
GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports Sister (Elias van Anjou)
GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports Brother (Count of Anjou Geoffrey V Plantagenet) and Sister (Sybille of Anjou)
GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports Sister (Elias Ii van Anjou)
Geoffroy V Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou et Maine, or Geoffrey 'the Fair' d'Anjou, was born on 24 August 1113. He was the son of Fulk V d'Anjou, 9th Comte d'Anjou and Aremburga de la Fleche, Comtesse de Maine.
He married Matilda 'the Empress' of England, daughter of Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England and Editha of Scotland, on 22 May 1128 at Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans, France.
Geoffrey's and Matilda's children were:
Henry II of England (11331189)
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes
William X, Count of Poitou (11361164) died unmarried
Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.www.findagrave.com
Geoffrey Plantagenet IV Famous memorial
BIRTH 24 Aug 1113
Angers, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
DEATH 7 Sep 1151 (aged 38)
Chateau-du-Loir, Departement de la Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
BURIAL
Cathédrale Saint Julien-Le Mans
Le Mans, Departement de la Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
MEMORIAL ID 8143822
Family Members
Parents
Fulk of Anjou
10921143
Eremburge De Beaugency
10961126
Spouse
Matilda of England
11021167 (m. 1127)
Siblings
Mathilde d'Anjou
11101154
Sibylle d'Anjou
11121165
Half Siblings
Baldwin of Anjou
11301163
Amalric I of Anjou
11361174
Children
Henry II
11331189
Geoffrey FitzEmpress
11341158
Hamelin de Warenne
11351202
William Plantagenet
11361164
He died on 7 September 1151 at age 38 at Château-du-Loir, France. He was buried at Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans, France.
He gained the title of 10th Comte d'Anjou in 1129. He succeeded to the title of 12th Duc de Normandie on 19 January 1144. He gained the title of Comte de Maine. He abdicated as Duke of Normandy in 1150.
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a conflict of death date with a duplicate profile: 15 Jan
and burial location:
Labbey dessergela, Angers
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"Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the English throne and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname."
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8143822
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I1190&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I87&tree=Nixon
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I14187&tree=Welsh
http://thepeerage.com/p10205.htm#i102047
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Geoffrey V (Godefroi) (August 24, 1113 September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy by marriage, called Le Bel ("The Fair"), Martel ("The Hammer") or Plantagenet, was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King-Consort of Jerusalem. Geoffrey's mother was Eremburge of La Flèche, heiress of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the yellow sprig of broom blossom (genêt is the French name for the 'genista', or Broom shrub) he wore in his hat as a badge.King Henry I of England, having heard good reports on Geoffrey's talents and prowess, sent his royal legates to Anjou to negotiate a marriage between Geoffrey and his own daughter, Matilda. Consent was obtained from both parties, and the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey was knighted in Rouen by King Henry in preparation for the wedding. Interestingly, there was no opposition to the marriage from the Church, despite the fact that Geoffrey's sister was the widow of Matilda's brother (only son of King Henry) which fact had been used to annul the marriage of another of Geoffrey's sisters to the Norman pretender William Clito.During Pentecost 1127, Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, very proud of her status as an Empress (as opposed to being a mere Countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him.The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character.When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Matilda landed in England with 140 knights, where she was besieged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Matilda "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January 1144, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, whom he had imprisoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Matilda should succeed him.Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151. According to John of Marmoutier, Geoffrey was returning from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died. He was buried at St. Julien's Cathedral in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Matilda's children were:Henry II of England (1133-1189) Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1 June 1134 Rouen- 26 July 1158 Nantes) died unmarried and was buried in Nantes William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164) died unmarried Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. Adelaide of Angers is sometimes sourced as being the mother of Hamelin.The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.
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Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 23 2017, 13:29:14 UTC
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/110326636/person/120081160505
https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783