Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameGeoffrey V PLANTAGENET Count Of Anjou & Maine, 25G Grandfather
FatherFulk V Of Anjou King Of Jerusalem (1092-1144)
MotherErmengard Of Maine (~1096-1126)
Spouses
1Mistress Of Geoffrey, 30G Grandmother
ChildrenEmma (Illegitimate) (-~1214)
2Matilda Empress Of Germany, 25G Grandmother
FatherHenry I 'Beauclerc' King Of England (~1068-1135)
MotherMatilda Queen Of England (1079-1118)
ChildrenHenry II 'Curtmantle' (1133-1189)
3Adelaide Of Angers, 25G Grandmother
ChildrenHamelin Of Anjou Plantagenet (Illegitimate) (~1129-1202)
Web Notes notes for Geoffrey V PLANTAGENET Count Of Anjou & Maine
His father resigned Anjou and Maine to him and went off to the Crusades, becoming King of Jerusalem. Geoffrey acquired the nickname of Plantagenet from the sprig of broom (planta genista) which he jauntily wore in his cap.
In 1144 King Stephen of England lost Normandy to Geoffrey of Anjou. During the civil war in England, Geoffrey acquired Normandy from the preoccupied King Stephen of England and in 1150 invested his son Henry with the duchy.
Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 1127. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in his helm. Duke of Normandy 1144-1150.
Plantagenet, surname, originally nickname, of the English royal house of Anjou or the Angevin dynasty, founded by Geoffrey IV, count of Anjou (1113-51), husband of Matilda (1102-67), daughter of King Henry I of England. The name is derived from the Latin planta ("sprig") and genista ("broom plant"), in reference to the sprig that Geoffrey always wore in his cap. Reigning from 1154 to 1485, the Plantagenet kings, in the main line of descent, were Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II; through the house of Lancaster, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI; and through the house of York, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III.
Geoffrey "the Fair" ruled the county 1128-54. He married one of the strongest women in history; she went off to claim her English crown while he subdued their French territories (Anjou, Maine, Normandy). Geoffrey "was a clever man, thought handsome by contemporaries...tall, graceful and strong, with a fair and ruddy countenance and sharp eyes. Well educated, he gloried in recalling the deeds of his ancestors and played up the chivalric ideal. Yet he was also cold and cruel.
His career as a count was in large measure dominated by the pursuit of his wife Matilda's inheritance of Normandy and England, although he imposed limits on his participation; he was single-minded in his determination to conquer Normandy, Anjou's great enemy, but gave no help in England." "The Plantagenet Chronicles," ed. by Elizabeth Hallam (N.Y.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, p.47.
In 1144 King Stephen of England lost Normandy to Geoffrey of Anjou. During the civil war in England, Geoffrey acquired Normandy from the preoccupied King Stephen of England and in 1150 invested his son Henry with the duchy.
Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 1127. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in his helm. Duke of Normandy 1144-1150.
Plantagenet, surname, originally nickname, of the English royal house of Anjou or the Angevin dynasty, founded by Geoffrey IV, count of Anjou (1113-51), husband of Matilda (1102-67), daughter of King Henry I of England. The name is derived from the Latin planta ("sprig") and genista ("broom plant"), in reference to the sprig that Geoffrey always wore in his cap. Reigning from 1154 to 1485, the Plantagenet kings, in the main line of descent, were Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II; through the house of Lancaster, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI; and through the house of York, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III.
Geoffrey "the Fair" ruled the county 1128-54. He married one of the strongest women in history; she went off to claim her English crown while he subdued their French territories (Anjou, Maine, Normandy). Geoffrey "was a clever man, thought handsome by contemporaries...tall, graceful and strong, with a fair and ruddy countenance and sharp eyes. Well educated, he gloried in recalling the deeds of his ancestors and played up the chivalric ideal. Yet he was also cold and cruel.
His career as a count was in large measure dominated by the pursuit of his wife Matilda's inheritance of Normandy and England, although he imposed limits on his participation; he was single-minded in his determination to conquer Normandy, Anjou's great enemy, but gave no help in England." "The Plantagenet Chronicles," ed. by Elizabeth Hallam (N.Y.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, p.47.