Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Maine (1113-1151)

Name Variations
Geoffrey Plantagenet

Biography
see wikipedia.. 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.  Geoffrey supported his wife's campaigns for the throne of England through campaigning in Normandy.  By 1144, most of Normandy had fallen into his hands, and he was invested as Duke.  In 1150, he abdicated Normandy to his eldest son, but continued to reign in Anjou and Maine until his death.

Vital Statistics

 * Sex : Male
 * Born: 24 August 1113
 * Died: 7 September 1151 at Château du Loir at age 38

Pedigree
Geoffrey is the son of Fulk I, King of Jerusalem (1092-1144) and Eremburge, Countess of Maine (?-1126).

Full Siblings

 * Matilda of Anjou (1111-1154)
 * Hélie II, Count of Maine (About 1114-1151)
 * Sibylla of Anjou (1116-1165)

Half Siblings (Children of his father by his second wife)

 * Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem (1131-1163)
 * Amalric I, King of Jerusalem (1136-1174)

Spouse(s)

 * 1127 Matilda of Normandy (1102-1167)
 * He married her on 17 June 1127 in Le Mans.

Matilda of Normandy (1102-1167)

 * Henry II, King of England (1133-1189)
 * Geoffrey VI d'Anjou, Count of Nantes (1134-1158)
 * Guillaume d'Anjou (1136-1164)

Unknown (?-?)

 * Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey (?-1202)
 * Emma of Anjou (?-After 1180)
 * Mary of Anjou (?-Before 1216)

Contributors
John Kenney