Geoffrey IV Plantagenet 1 2 3
- Born: 24 Aug 1113
- association (1): Adelaide of Angers
- Marriage (2): Matilda the Empress, of England on 22 May 1128 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou
- Died: 7 Sep 1151, Château-du-Loir, France aged 38
- Buried: St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou
Another name for Geoffrey was Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet.
General Notes:
[O.Fr.,=sprig of broom; he usually wore a sprig in his helmet], 1113-51, count of Anjou; son of Fulk, count of Anjou and king of Jerusalem.
In 1128 he married Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. After Henry I's death (1135) Geoffrey, hitherto occupied in complex feuds with Angevin barons and rival nobles, undertook to conquer Normandy, to which he laid claim through his wife. After 1139, Matilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin, King Stephen, who had gained the crown after Henry I's death. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144. In 1147 he undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty. Geoffrey is also known as Geoffrey the Fair.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Count of Anjou and Maine, 1129.
• He was a Duke of Normandy from 1144 to 1150.
Geoffrey had a child with Adelaide of Angers.
Geoffrey next married Matilda the Empress, of England, daughter of Henry I Beauclerc of England and Matilda of Scotland, on 22 May 1128 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou. (Matilda the Empress, of England was born in 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England and died on 10 Sep 1167 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen.)
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