Geoffroy Plantagenet, 5th Count Of Anjou

1113 - 1151  (38 years)

• Name	Geoffroy Plantagenet
  Title	5th Count Of Anjou
  Birth	24 Aug 1113	Centre, France   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	9HBT-X6S
  Death	7 Sep 1151	Pays de la Loire, France   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	14 Sep 1151	Pays de la Loire, France
  Person ID	I7454	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Fulk D'Anjou, Count Of Anjou ,   b. 1095, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 13 Nov 1144, Acre, Israel (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ermengarde De Maine,   b. 1 Jul 1092, Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 15 Jan 1126, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Jul 1110	Rhône-Alpes, France
  Family ID	F1618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda Normandie,   b. 7 Feb 1102, Berkshire, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Normandie, France (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1128	Rhône-Alpes, France
  Children	+ 1. Henry Plantagenet, King of England ,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Pays de la Loire, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Indre-Et-Loire, France (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Adelaide Of Angers,   b. 1115, Normandie, France d. 10 Sep 1169, Normandie, France (Age 54 years)
  Children	+ 1. Hamelin Plantagenet,   b. 1129, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 7 May 1202, Surrey, England (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (24 Aug 1113 - 7 Sep 1151), was first to use t h e P l a n tagenet name but Weir, says it more of a nickname. Henry I sent legates to negotiate marriage between 15 year old Geoffrey a n d t h e o l der dowager empress, Matilda. The marriage was meant to forge p e a c e b e tween England/Normandy and Anjou. On 10 June 1128, fifteen -year - o l d G e offrey was knighted in Rouen by Henry for the wedding. A year after Henry I died in 1135, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and C h a t i l on-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on the condition he assist in o b t a i n ing Matilda's inheritance. Geoffrey put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, a n d 1 1 4 5 - 1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, who h e h a d i m p risoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progres s i n N o r m andy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (24 Aug 1113 - 7 Sep 1151), was first to use t h e P l a n tagenet name but Weir, says it more of a nickname. Henry I sent legates to negotiate marriage between 15 year old Geoffrey a n d t h e o l der dowager empress, Matilda. The marriage was meant to forge p e a c e b e tween England/Normandy and Anjou. On 10 June 1128, fifteen -year - o l d G e offrey was knighted in Rouen by Henry for the wedding. A year after Henry I died in 1135, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and C h a t i l on-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on the condition he assist in o b t a i n ing Matilda's inheritance. Geoffrey put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, a n d 1 1 4 5 - 1151. He was often at odds with his younger brother, Elias, who h e h a d i m p risoned until 1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progres s i n N o r m andy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England.

  
  

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• Sources

  [S3] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net). [S3] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net). N3125QUAY [S3] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net). QUAY [S38] 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Lot 4, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13162; Page: 47; Family No: 194.