Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
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1113 – 1151
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Who was Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou?
Geoffrey V — called the Handsome 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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- Born
- Aug 24, 1113
Le Mans - Also known as
- Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
- Geoffrey Plantagenet
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- Died
- Sep 7, 1151
Château-du-Loir
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on July 23, 2013
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