Succeeded by his son, Count Maurice. This is where many buildings and townhouses were built. He was bellicose and fought against William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Theobald I, Count of Blois, and William, Duke of Normandy. Guerech was not released until he recognized the suzerainty of Geoffroy in 985. FOULQUES d'Anjou ([970]-Metz 21 Jun 1040, bur Beaulieu-lez-Loche, Abbaye de Saint-Pierre). Geoffroy 3. Gottfried heiratete um 965 Adele von Vermandois († 974), eine Tochter des Grafen Robert von Vermandois und der Adelais „Wera“ von Burgund. [4] The lands of the abbeys of Saint-Aubin and Saint-Serge in Angers provided the beneficium for his most faithful adherents. En meme temps des fortifications entourent le batiment et les habitations environnantes. Le nouveau comte Eudes Ier, agit de manière inamicale, et en 978 débute une guerre entre l'Anjou et le Blésois qui se prolongera pendant soixante dix ans. b) [ OTGER (-after 1055). Adelaide was pregnant when she married Geoffry. Eine im 17. Il avait épousé en premières noces vers 965 Adélaïde de Vermandois († 974), fille de Robert Ier de Vermandois, comte de Meaux et de Troyes, et d'Adélaïde Werra. About. He helped Hugh Capet to seize the French crown but died some months after the new king’s accession (987). Geoffrey II Count of Anjou was born on January 01, 0845 (died on January 01, 0888, geoffrey II Count of Anjou was 43 years old) . [1] On her mother's side she was a granddaughter of king Robert I of France and on her father's side a direct descendant of Charlemagne. Geoffroy was killed on 21 July 987 while besieging a certain Odo Rufinus at Marçon, near Château-du-Loire, France. Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou: | |Geoffrey II|, called |Martel| ("the Hammer"), was |Count of Anjou| from 1040 to 106... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. (GND) This combined effort placed Duke William temporarily on the defensive. 5.^ Bachrach 1984:802. JUDICAËL (-1037). Le choc des armées eut lieu à Conquereuil, où Geoffroy écrasa Conan. Her father was a patrilineal descendant of Charlemagne, while her paternal grandmother was daughter of king Robert I of France. The Gesta Consulum Andegavorum records that "Mauricius Gosfridi Grisæ Tunicæ filius" succeeded his father as Comte d'Anjou, and that Foulques "Nerra" was the son of Maurice and succeeded his father[114]. Geoffrey I of Anjou (930–987), called Greymantle (French: Grisegonelle), was a French nobleman who was the Count of Anjou from 960 to 987. Geoffrey was the elder son of Foulques V d'Anjou and Eremburga de La Flèche, daughter of Elias I of Maine. Il est ramené à Tours en 854, mais il faut éloigner les reliques à nouveau car en 856 les Normands sont de retour. Sur le plan religieux, il avait effectué un pèlerinage à Rome en 962, puis fonda et dota plusieurs établissement religieux. Da aber Gottfrieds Schwiegervater ebenfalls mit einer gleichnamigen Tochter des Burgunderherzogs verheiratet war, bei der es sich möglicherweise um die gleiche Frau des Grafen Lambert gehandelt hat, hätte Gottfried also die Mutter seiner ersten Frau geheiratet. HURNOD [Urvod] de Bretagne (-after 1026). ], From the English Wikipedia page on Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou (with additions from the French Wikipedia page): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou, Geoffrey I of Anjou (died July 21, 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 960 to 987. Geoffrey supported his wife's campaigns for the throne of England through campaigning in Normandy. Guérech ne sera libéré qu'en 985 en reconnaissant la suzeraineté de Geoffroy. He succeeded his father in 987 as FOULQUES III "Nerra/the Black" Comte d'Anjou. When Geoffrey I De 'Count Gatinais' de Orleans was born in 890 in Orléans, Loiret, France, his father, Aubri, was 35. The Normans appeared before Tours for the first time on 8 November 853. This second wife is identified by various reasons as Adele, the widow of Lambert, Comte de Chalon. 2.^ "Although the documentation for the later ninth and early tenth centuries in Anjou is not good, enough material does survive to suggest a noteworthy continuity in the entourage of the Angevins counts" concludes Bernard S. Bachrach, "Enforcement of the Forma Fidelitatis: The Techniques Used by Fulk Nerra, Count of the Angevins (987-1040)" Speculum 59.4 (October 1984:796-819) p. 801, note 26. comte de Vendôme; Adélaïde la Blanche d'Anjou, Reine consort d'Aquitaine; Adela d'Anjou; seigneur Foulques Ier de Briollay and 5 others; Agnès d'Anjou; Aelips d'Anjou; 'Countess Toulouse' d' Anjou Adelaise Arsinde Blanche; Guy d'Anjou, Bishop of Le Puy and Humbert d'Anjou « less [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 24], d. 987. C'est la zone que l'on appelle maintenant le Quartier Plumereau. L'incendie provoquée par ses poursuivants n'aura heureusement que des conséquences minimes. Geoffrey Plantagent, descent from the House of Angevin Kings follows: From Princess Plantina, sister of the Fairy Princess Melusine………(missing generations)................C.800 (1) THERTULLUS (Tortulf the Woodman of Nide de Merle) , wife PETRONELLA, daughter of Conrad, Count of Paris; ( 2) INGELERUS I, married Adeline of Challon; (3) FULK, "the red", born 888, died 938, wife Roscilla of Blois; ( 4) FULK II, The Good, Count of Anjou, died 958, married Gerberga of Catinais; ( 5) GEOFFREY I, Count of Anjou, died 21 July 987, married Adelaide de Vermandois, also known as Adelaide de Chalons, born 950, died 975-78; (6) FULK III, "the Black" Count of Anjou, born 970, died 21 June 1040, married, second, after 1000, Hildegarde, who died 1 April 1109, married, fifth, Bertrade de Montfort; (9) FULK V, "The Young", Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, born 1092; died 10 Nov. 1143, who, as above stated, was the father of GEOFFREY V "PLANTAGENET", Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, who, on 3 April 1127, married MATILDA of ENGLAND, daughter of HENRY I, of England. [3], Geoffrey started by making his power-base the citadel of Angers strategically placing his fidèles in key areas surrounding the city to protect his territories. Their children were: He married, secondly, to Adelaise de Châlons[16] and had: Medieval Lands Project on Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou&oldid=986111220, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 October 2020, at 21:18. He was second of the three sons of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Empress Matilda. French Wikipedia expands: A charter of Foulque III Nerra dating from 1003 mentioned a brother named Maurice, curiously absent from the charts of Adelaide de Vermandois. In 981, the two counts competed for the County of Nantes, with Conan I Le Tort supported by Blois and Guerech supported by Anjou. En 987, Hugues Capet, qui vient d'être sacré roi de France, Geoffroy et Bouchard, comte de Vendôme assiègent le château de Marçon, tenu par Eudes Ruffin, un vassal du comte Eudes de Blois. Gerberge, 1. During his twenty-year reign he especially had to face the ambitions of the Bishop of Le Mans, Gervais de … Birth of Fulk III "the Black", count of An... Death of Geoffrey I "Greymantle", Count of... "known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle")", "Grisegonelle", "Grisegonnelle", "Of Gatinais /Geoffroi/", "Comté D' Anjou", "Geoffrey "grey gown" d'Anjou", "Greymantle", "Compte D'ANJOU", Châteauneuf (Present Plumereau District of Tours), Anjou (Present département d'Indre-et-Loire), (Present région Pays de la Loire), (Present France), Count of Anjou vv.960 -.987, Count of Anjou, Anjoun Kreivi 960, count of anjou, graaf van Anjou, Count of Soissons. [4] On this subject which became this family's theme, Geoffrey advised both his sons, Fulk and Maurice: "No house is weak that has many friends. Ermengarde († nach 982) ∞ 973 Conan der Krumme, Graf von Rennes, seit 990 Herzog der Bretagne, 2. Comte de Porhoët. The Normans were still there in 872 when the Canons of the Abbey took the relics to Auxerre. He was poisoned by his daughter-in-law Alaisia. Bien d'autres églises existaient dans Chateauneuf qui au départ était une cité religieuse. Father of Maurice; Ermangarde d'Anjou, Duchess of Bretagne; Geoffroy d'Anjou; Fulk III "the Black", count of Anjou & Vendôme and Gerberge, countess of Anjou Geoffrey I of Anjou (930–987), called Greymantle (French: Grisegonelle), was a French nobleman who was the Count of Anjou from 960 to 987. Is Geoffrey I Count of Anjou still alive? He married Hildegarde de Beaugency about 1068. The fact that he was his mother's son by her second marriage is confirmed by "Fulco comes Mauriciusque frater eius" accusing "Rainaldus Andecavorum episcopus" of corruption, recorded in a charter dated [24 Oct 996/12 Jun 1005] which names "patri eorum Goffrido"[112]. Geoffrey I of Anjou (– July 21, 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 960 to 987.Refer to Bernard S. Bachrach, "Fulk Nerra: Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040" (California, 1993) 261 and 262 for a useful genealogy of the Angevin comital line. In the mid-14th century, the city of Tours was formed from three cities: the ancient county seat around the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Gatien, the village of Chateauneuf at the foot of the Basilica of Saint Martin , and the more scattered houses near the Abbey of Saint Julien. The term is probably of Gothic origin. He married Adele of Meaux (934–982), daughter of Robert of Vermandois and Adelais de Vergy. Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk II, Count of Anjou and his first wife Gerberga. [1], He succeeded his father Fulk II The Good as head of the House of Ingegeriens (his mother was Gerberge, possibly de Gatinais). Geoffroy Grisegonelle was cited in a text written 1100-1140 by an Angevin monk at the request of Foulque Le Rechin (1043-1109), his great grandson by Ermengarde d'Anjou. He was the son of Fulk the Black. Beider Kinder waren: 1. "Gaufridus…Andecavorum comes", with the consent of "fratre meo Widone abate", established the right of the comtes d'Anjou to appoint abbots of Saint-Aubin d'Angers, by charter dated 19 Jun 966[84]. He was one of the men responsible for bringing Hugh to the throne of France. Le 8 ils pillent et incendient la Basilique, cependant par mesure de précaution le corps du Saint avait été transporté à Orléans. He was named after his great-grandfather Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais. FranceBalade (französisch) http://www.francebalade.com/anjou/anjcomte2.htm#GeoffroyIGrisegonnelle, Gottfried Graujacke bei Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (englisch) http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm#_Toc196292184, Graf von Anjou 958–987 Vorgänger: Fulko II. The tomb of the saint was placed in the apse. The cartulary of Paray-le-Monial includes a charter (undated) of "filius eius Hugo" which is subscribed by "Hugonis comitis et episcopi, Adelaidis com, Mauricii…"[109]. Ingelger's male line ended with Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou. When King Henry I died in 1135, Matilda at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. Eine zweite 979 geschlossene Ehe Gottfrieds, aus der ein Sohn namens Maurice hervor ging, sorgt für genealogische Verwirrung. Husband of Adélaïde de Chalon, wife of Lambert d'Autun and Geoffroy I d'Anjou and Adele de Meaux (de Vermandois) To address the growing power of the Count of Anjou, Geoffrey Martel, William joined with King Henry in a campaign against him, the last known cooperation between the two. 973), married Count William IV of Angoulême. Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou 1113 -1151 Geoffrey Plantagenet, known as 'the Handsome' was Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine from 1129 and Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. Four days later William took Arthur and Constance prisoners to Le Mans. Introduction aux chroniques des comtes d'Anjou (Paris) 1871. "Domnus Hugo comes atque mater sua Adeleidis" donated property "in pago Cabilonensi" to the abbey of Paray-le-Moniale by an undated charter signed by "Hugo comes, Adeleidis matris suæ, Mauritii filii eius, Enrici ducis, Garlindis uxoris eius"[113]. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/dragons/esp_sociopol_dragondescent6.htm, Cte Geoffroy (Gausfred) "Grisegonelle" (Greymantle) D' ANJOU, Geoffrey V Plantagenet Maximilian Family Tree Birth: Aug 24 1113 - Anjou, France Marriage: May 22 1127 - Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou, France Death: Sep 7 1151 - Chateau, Eure-Et-Loire, Normandy, France Parents: Fulk V The Younger Of Anjou, Ermengarde (Ermentrude) Du Maine Wife: Matilda The Empress, Hedgwige Of Silesia, Adelaide Of Angers Children: Henry Ii Fitzempress Plantagenet, Geoffrey Vi Plantagenet, William Plantagenet, Emma Plantagenet, Mary Of Shaftesbury, Hamelin Plantagenet, Hamelin Plantagenet Siblings: Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Isabella Of Anjou, Helias Of Mayenne, Sybil Of Anjou, Helias. However, no other Comte Maurice has been identified who lived during the right time period. "Adela" donated property to Saint-Aubin d'Angers by charter dated 6 Mar 974 which names "seniore meo Gauzfredo comite" and is subscribed by "Gauzfredi comitis, Fulconis filii eius, Gauzfredi filii eius"[91]. 1.↑ Geoffrey I of Anjou on the FMG website 2.↑ BnF Gallica : Father Anselm - Family History and chronology of the royal house of France Peers , Grand Officer of the crown and the royal household , and barons . Geoffrey became the sole count of Anjou. Chaume suggested that she was the daughter or granddaughter of Charles Constantin Comte de Vienne[98]. En 981, deux comtes se disputent Nantes : Conan Ier le Tort, soutenu par Blois, et Guérech, soutenu par l'Anjou. comte de Vendôme, Adélaïde la Blanche d'Anjou, Reine consort d'Aquitaine, 'Countess Toulouse' d' Anjou Adelaise Arsinde Blanche, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm#ErmengardeMConanIBretagnedied992, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm#ConanIdied992, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy_Ier_d'Anjou, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm#_Toc256354721, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k76080b.image.f11, http://jouet.patrick.pagesperso-orange.fr/royaumes_angevins/CCA.htm, http://www.francebalade.com/anjou/anjcomte2.htm#GeoffroyIGrisegonnelle, http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/geoff001.htm, http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/129/129058.php, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_I._%28Anjou%29, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm#_Toc196292184, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU,%20MAINE.htm#GeoffroyIdied987A, http://www.francebalade.com/tours/plumereau.htm, http://www.francebalade.com/tours/trstmartin.htm, http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_197.htm. Gottfried aber, ein getreuer Gefolgsmann des Robertiners Hugo Capet, ließ den Grafen einsperren und errichtete vor Nantes die Burg Le Pallet. Geoffroy took the opportunity to strengthen the Angevin possessions in the south of Nantes, including the constrocution of the Pallet tower. World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. 4.^ Other exceptions to the disintegration of the pagus, in addition to the example of Anjou, were Normandy and Flanders. L'Epoque Carolingienne est faste pour l'Abbaye et en 813 le Concile de Chalons considère comme équivalent les pélerinages de Tours et de Rome. [6] His father had controlled Nantes through his second marriage to the widowed countess and Geoffrey continued this by making Count Guerech accept him as overlord. Chateauneuf, animated by the flow of pilgrims coming to pray at the tomb of Saint Martin, was the most active part of these three. "Gausfredus comes [et]…Adeleidis uxor mea" jointly donated land in "pago Cabilonensi" by charter dated Mar 979, her first marriage being deduced from "Hugo filius Lanberti comitis" acting jointly with them and signing "Hugonis filii eius" directly after "Adeleidis" in the subscriptions[95]. Maurice & his wife had [two] children: a) GEOFFROY (-killed Château de Langeais 1039). 2. Ermengarde of Anjou (b. This is the area that is now called the Neighborhood Plumereau. The CHRONICLE OF THE COUNTS OF ANJOU describes him as 'stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle' and tells of his single-handed victory against Ethelulf the dane, a Goliath-like figure. Cette seconde épouse est identifiée pour diverses raisons à Adèle, veuve de Lambert, comte de Châlon. Gottfried of Anjou (-987) 2. Im Jahr 970 schlug er bei Roches den Herzog Wilhelm IV. m --- de Saintes, daughter of AIMERY Comte de Saintes & his wife ---. "Hugo comes" donated property to Cluny "pro absolutione patris Lantberti" by charter dated to [988] which also names "mater mea Adelaydis et frater meus Mauricius"[110]. La place du Grand Marché, la place Plumereau et la place de Chateauneuf au pied du chevet de la Basilique et de la Tour Charlemagne, c'est là que se trouve aussi l'Hotel des Ducs de Touraine. [1] He succeeded his father Fulk II. Vizegrafen von Angers) nur Vasallen der Robertiner in deren Eigenschaft als Herzöge von Franzien (bzw. (François Marignier, "Political and monastic structures in France at the end of the tenth and the beginning of the eleventh centuries", in Frederic L. Cheyette, ed. 3. Geoffrey I Count of Anjou was born on January 01, 0938 (died on July 21, 0987, geoffrey I Count of Anjou was 49 years old) . Geoffroy Ier (Gaufridus ou Gauzfredus) d'Anjou, dit Grisegonelle, né probablement avant 935, tué le 21 juillet 987 au siège de Marçon, près de Château-du-Loir fut comte d'Anjou de 960 à 987. [1] He succeeded his father as Count of Anjou about 960. April 1028) (Haus Taillefer). Geoffroy Ier d'Anjou, comte d'Anjou Précédé par Foulque II le Bon d'Anjou Suivi par Foulque III Nerra Règne: 958-987 Dynastie: Ingelgeriens Titre complet : Comte d'Anjou, Biographie Naissance: vers 938/940 Décès: 21 juillet 987 - Marçon, Descendance 1. The Historiæ Andegavensis, allegedly written by Foulques IV "Rechin" Comte d'Anjou, names "Goffridus Grisagonella pater avi mei Fulconis"[104]. Skilful soldier in the French manner, stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle. Poursuivis, les Normands sont vaincus un peu plus loin à l'est à Saint Martin le Beau (12 mai 904). 2. and died 11 November 958 inTours of unspecified causes. ↑ BnF Gallica : Père Anselme - Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France des Pairs, Grands officiers de la couronne et de la Maison du roi; et des grands barons. ), (Geoffroy had alliances where he exercised his influences beyond the boundaries of Anjou. La mort de Thibaut le tricheur amena distance entre les maisons de Blois et d'Anjou. An earlier theory was that Adelais was the sister of "Wera" Ctss de Meaux[100], which would mean that she was Adelais, daughter of Giselbert Duke of Burgundy, Comte de Chalon-sur-Saône et de Troyes & his wife Ermengarde [of Burgundy]. But King Henry in 1057, "burning to avenge the insult inflicted on him by the duke, summoned Geoffrey, count of Anjou, to prepare a large army for another expedition into Normandy." The fire caused by his pursuers had fortunately minimal consequences. The son of Ermenegarde, daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais, Geoffrey was born in 1060. Geoffrey became Count of Anjou and Maine in 1128, when his father left France to travel to the Holy Land, where he would become King of Jerusalem. Ils donnèrent naissance à : 1. He greatly increased the power and influence of Anjou. Der Dynastiewechsel von den Karolingern zu den Robertiner/Kapetingern brachte für Gottfried und seine Nachfolger einige Veränderungen mit sich. Foulque III Nerra († 1040), comte d'Anjou 2. He succeeded his father Fulk II The Good as head of the House of Ingegeriens (his mother was Gerberge, possibly de Gatinais). He cultivated the loyal support of a group of magnates, some of whom he inherited from his father,[2] others whom he recruited: men such as Alberic of Vihiers, Cadilo of Blaison, Roger I (le "vieux") of Loudon, Joscelin of Rennes, castellan of Baugé, Suhard I of Craon, Tobert of Buzençais and members of the Bouchard clan, and encouraged them to see their own dynastic interests as tied to the success of the Angevin count. Ce Maurice fut tué avant 1038 au cours d'une guerre contre Gautier de Langeais. Waren er und seine Vorfahren als Grafen von Anjou (bzw. ^ Refer to Bernard S. Bachrach, "Fulk Nerra: Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040" (California, 1993) 261 and 262 for a useful genealogy of the Angevin comital line. Geoffrey's ancestral domain of Anjou gave rise to the name Angevin, and what … Brother of Drogon d'Anjou, Bishop de le Puy; Bouchard IV, dit "le Vénérable", III. MAURICE d'Anjou ([980]-1012, bur Châteauneuf, église Saint-Martin). The miller identified him by his grey gown and the king ordered that therafter he should be called "Greygown". He reigned as Count 960-987. http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/3/2828.htm, •Name: Geoffroi I 1 2 •Sex: M •ALIA: /Grisegonnelle/ •Title: Count of Anjou •Birth: ABT 938 in Anjou, France 3 •Death: 21 JUL 987 3, Father: Foulques II b: 909 in Anjou, France Mother: Gerberge Du Maine b: 913 in Maine, France, Marriage 1 Adelaide De Vermandois b: ABT 934 in Vermandois, Normandy, France •Married: 2 MAR 950/51 in France 3. "Raimundis Pictavensis comitis" may refer to Raymond-Pons Comte de Toulouse, who was also for a time duke of Aquitaine, the Aquitainian title being closely associated with the county of Poitou. Son of Fulk II, Count of Anjou and Gerberge du Gâtinais, comtesse d'Anjou Finally, in 1619, Duchesne suggested that Adelais was the sister of Guillaume I Comte d'Arles[102]. The Chronicle of Caen Saint-Etienne records the death in 1017 of "Judita comitissa"[127]. Nerra (* um 970; † 21. 1.^ Refer to Bernard S. Bachrach, "Fulk Nerra: Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040" (California, 1993) 261 and 262 for a useful genealogy of the Angevin comital line. The church was burned in 994 following the acquisition of Tours by Fulk Nerra, Comte d'Anjou (Geoffroy's son). C'est là que se construisent beaucoup d'Hotels et de Maisons Bourgeoises. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. [7] About 971 Geoffrey secured the see of Le Mans for his ally Bishop Seinfroy. Gottfried I., genannt Graujacke, französisch Geoffroy Ier Grisegonelle, englisch Geoffrey († 21.