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• AFN: 8WKK-1D
• Title of Nobility: Count of Anjou
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Plantagenet, surname, originally nickname, of the English royal house of Anjou or the Angevin dynasty, founded by Geoffrey IV, count of Anjou (1113-1151), husband of Matilda (1102-1167), 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.



"Plantagenet," Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 - September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel ("The Fair") or "Geoffrey Plantagenet", was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.
Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem. Geoffrey's mother was Eremburge of La Flèche, heiress of Maine. Geoffrey received his nickname for the sprig of broom (= genêt plant, in French) he wore in his hat as a badge. In 1127, at Le Mans, at the age of 15 he married Empress Maud, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England, by his first wife, Edith of Scotland and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, and their marriage was a stormy one, but she survived him.
The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count of Anjou. Chroniclers describe Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm concealed his cold and selfish character. When King Henry I died in 1135, Maud at once entered Normandy to claim her inheritance. The border districts submitted to her, but England chose her cousin Stephen of Blois for its king, and Normandy soon followed suit. The following year, Geoffrey gave Ambrieres, Gorron, and Chatilon-sur-Colmont to Juhel de Mayenne, on condition that he help obtain the inheritance of Geoffrey's wife. In 1139 Maud landed in England with 140 knights, where she was beseiged at Arundel Castle by King Stephen. In the "Anarchy" which ensued, Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February, 1141, and imprisoned at Bristol. A legatine council of the English church held at Winchester in April 1141 declared Stephen deposed and proclaimed Maud "Lady of the English". Stephen was subsequently released from prison and had himself recrowned on the anniversary of his first coronation.
During 1142 and 1143, Geoffrey secured all of Normandy west and south of the Seine, and, on 14 January, 1444, he crossed the Seine and entered Rouen. He assumed the title of Duke of Normandy in the summer of 1144. In 1144, he founded an Augustine priory at Chateau-l'Ermitage in Anjou. Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Maud conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year. Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In 1153, the Treaty of Westminster allowed Stephen should remain King of England for life and that Henry, the son of Geoffrey and Maud should succeed him. At Château-du-Loir, Geoffrey died suddenly on September 7, 1151, still a young man. He was buried at St. Julien's in Le Mans France. Geoffrey and Maud's children were:
1. Henry II of England (1133-1183)
2. Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1134-1158)
3. William, Count of Poitou (1136-1164)
Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress (or mistresses): Hamelin; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales; and Mary, (1181-1216) who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France. The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry's own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England.
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References
" Jim Bradbury, "Geoffrey V of Anjou, Count and Knight", in The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood III
" Charles H. Haskins, "Normandy Under Geoffrey Plantagenet", The English Historical Review, volume 27 (July 1912), pp. 417-444

!Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2; Ancestors of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E- 29.
Duke of Normandy

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Geoffrey V

SUFFIX: Also shown as [Count/Anjou]

DEATH: Also shown as Died Chteau du Loir, France.

Geoffrey — De ANGERS, Adelaide. Adelaide was born 1104, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet]

Geoffrey — Concubine 2 Unknown. Unknown was born Abt 1113, of, , Normandy, France. [Group Sheet]

1. Plantagenet, Adewis was born 1132, Normandy, France.
2. Plantagenet, Abbes Of Shaftesbury Marie was born 1134.

Geoffrey — Concubine 1 Unknown. Unknown was born Abt 1112, of, , Normandy, France. [Group Sheet]

1. Plantagenet, Hameline was born 1130, Stanwell, England; died 7 May 1202, Lewes, Sussex, England, England; was buried , Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex, England.

Geoffrey married De Normandie, Princess/England Matlda 22 May 1128, , Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Matlda (daughter of de Normandie, King of England Henry I and Ætheling Eadgyth) was born 1101, , London, Middlesex, England; died 10 Sep 1169, Notre Dame, Rouen or DesPres, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried , Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, France. [Group Sheet]

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MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Le Mans.

MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 22 May 1127

1. Plantagenet, Hameline was born 1130, Stanwell, England; died 7 May 1202, Lewes, Sussex, England, England; was buried , Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex, England.
2. Plantagenet, Agnes was born 1130, Lemans, France.
3. Plantagenet, Adewis was born 1132, Normandy, France.
4. Angevin, King of England Henry II was born 25 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; died 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Lr, France; was buried 8 Jul 1189, Abbey at, Fontevrault, Maine-et-loire, France.
5. Plantagenet, Abbes Of Shaftesbury Marie was born 1134.
6. Plantagenet, Count of Nantes Geoffrey VI was born 1134, Rouen, Normandy, France; died 1158, , Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France; was buried , , Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.
7. Plantagenet, Count of Poitou William was born 21 Jul 1136, , Argentan, Orne, France; died 30 Jan 1163/1164, , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried , Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
8. Plantagenet, Princess/Wales Emma was born 1138, of, , Normandy, France.

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• AFN: 8WKK-4W
• Title of Nobility: Count Of Anjou
• Title of Nobility: Count of Anjou; King of Jerusalem
• Title of Nobility: King
• _FSFTID: 9Z8X-TRP
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• _UID: 97006ACDCF807341BF15B4A3478F9FD3446C
• Baptism: 2 Nov 1932
• Other: 11 Oct 1991, JRIVE; Seal
• Record Change: 6 Jun 2002

Notes:

Fulk of Anjou (1092 - November 10, 1143), king of Jerusalem from 1131, was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France).

He became count of Anjou (as Fulk V) in 1109. He was originally an opponent of Henry I of England and a supporter of Louis VI of France, but in 1127 he allied with Henry when Henry arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou. Fulk went on crusade in 1120, and become a close friend of the Knights Templar. After his return he began to subsidize the Templars, and maintained two knights in the Holy Land for a year.
His first wife was Ermengarde of Maine (died 1126), the daughter of Elias I of Maine. Their children were:
1. Geoffrey of Anjou
2. Sibylle of Anjou, married (1) William Clito; (2) Thierry, Count of Flanders
3. Alice, married William Adelin
4. Elias II of Maine
By 1127 Fulk was preparing to return to Anjou when he received an embassy from King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin II had no male heirs but had already designated his daughter Melisende to succed him. Baldwin II wanted to safeguard his daughter's inheritance by marring her to a powerful lord. Fulk was a weathly crusader and experienced military commander, and a widower. His experience in the field would prove invaulable in a frontier state always in the grip of war.
However, Fulk held out for better terms then mere consort of the Queen; he wanted to be king alongside Melisende. Baldwin II, reflecting on Fulk's fortune and military exploits, aquiesced. Fulk abdicated his county seat of Anjou to his son Geoffery and left for Jerusalem, where he married Melisende on June 2, 1129. Later Balwin II bolstered Melisende's position in the kingdom by making her sole guardian of her son by Fulk, Baldwin III, born in 1130.
Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem in 1131 with Baldwin II's death. From the start Fulk assumed sole control of the government, excluding Melisende altogether. He favored fellow countrymen from Anjou to the native nobility. This led to resentment by the second generation of Jerusalem Christians who had grown up there since the First Crusade. These "natives" focused on Melisende's cousin, the popular Hugh II of Le Puiset, count of Jaffa, who was devotedly loyal to the Queen.
Fulk saw Hugh as a rival, and it did not help matters when Hugh's own step-son accused him of disloyalty. In 1134, in order to expose Hugh, Fulk accused him of infidelity with Melisende. Hugh rebelled in protest. Hugh secured himself to Jaffa, and allied himself with the Muslims of Ascalon. He was able to defeat the army set against him by Fulk, but this situation could not hold. The Patriarch interceded in the conflict, prehaps at the behest of Melisende. Fulk agreed to peace and Hugh was exiled from the kingdom for three years, a lenient sentence.
However, an unsuccessful assassination attempt was made against Hugh. Fulk, or his supporters, were commonly believed responsible, though direct proof never surfaced. The scandal was all that was needed for the queen's party to take over the government in what amounted to a palace coup. Author and historian Bernard Hamilton wrote that the Fulk's suporters "went in terror of their lives" in the palace. Contemporary author and historian William of Tyre wrote of Fulk "he never atempted to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, without (Melisende's) consent". The result was that Melisende held direct and unquestioned control over the government from 1136 onwards. Sometime before 1136 Fulk reconciled with his wife, and a second son, Amalric was born.
Jerusalem's northern border was of great concern. Fulk had been appointed regent of the Principality of Antioch by Baldwin II. As regent he had Raymund of Poitou marry the infant Constance of Antioch, daughter of Bohemund II and Alice of Antioch, and neice to Melisende. However, the greatest concern during Fulk's reign was the rise of Atabeg Zengi of Mosul.
In 1137 Fulk was defeated in battle near Barin but allied with the vizier of Damascus. Damascus was also threatened by Zengi. Fulk captured the fort of Banias, to the north of Lake Tiberiasand thus secured the northern frontier.
Fulk also strengthened the kingdom's southern border. His butler Paganus built the fortress of Kerak to the south of the Dead Sea, and to help give the kingdom access to the Red Sea, Fulk had Blanche Garde, Ibelin, and other forts built in the south-west to overpower the Egyptian fortress at Ascalon.
In 1137 and 1142, Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus arrived in Syria attempting to impose Byzantine control over the crusader states. John's arrival was ignored by Fulk, who declined an invitation to meet the emperor in Jerusalem.
In 1143, while the king and queen were on holiday in Acre, Fulk was killed in a hunting accident. His horse stumbled, fell, and Fulk's skull was crushed by the saddle. He was carried back to Acre, where he died on November 10th and was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly. Fulk was survived by his son Geoffery of Anjou by his first wife, and Baldwin III and Amalric I by Melisende.
William of Tyre described Fulk as capable soldier and able politician, but observed that Fulk did not adequately attend to the defense of the crusader states to the north. The Zengids continued their march on the crusader states, culminating in the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144, which led to the Second Crusade (see Siege of Edessa).

Fulk [the Younger], there are several different spelling of this person's name: Floulk, Foulques,...
!Ancestry of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou.

!Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2; Ancestors of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E- 29.

SURNAME: Also shown as Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Fulk V Count Of

SUFFIX: Also shown as [King/Jerusalem]

DEATH: Also shown as Died Palestine.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 10 Nov 1142/1143

Foulques married de Flèche, Princess Ermengar 11 Jul 1110, , , , France. Ermengar (daughter of De Fleche, Count Of Maine Helias I and Chateau Du Loire, Cts/Maine Mathilde) was born 1096, of, Maine, France; died 1126, Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9HPW-2K
• scholastic-achievement: 11 MAR 1935
• Title of Nobility: Countess
• Religion: 22 MAY 1935
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• _UID: ADBB8FE91BF7F746B08F4E428CA3D34848F7
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Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 301 # 9.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E- 29.

SURNAME: Also shown as Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Ermentrude (Erembourg) Countess of

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• AFN: FLHD-BL
• _UID: 5DC3205D986E314AAF6E629A384A640B286D
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• Birth: 1033/1043, of, France, Anjou, France

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Fulk IV of Anjou (1043 - 1109), also known as Fulk le Réchin, was count of Anjou from 1068 to 1109.
The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic".
He was the younger son of Geoffrey (sometimes known as Alberic), count of Gâtinais, and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk Nera, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou.
When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey IV of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother.
Fulk fought with his brother, whose ruled was deemed incompetent, and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good.
Substantial territory was lost to Angevin control due to the difficulties resulting from Geoffrey's poor rule and the subsequent civil war. Saintonge was lost, and Fulk had to give the Gâtinais to Philip I of France to placate the king.
Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany.
In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers, though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman.
Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages.
His first wife was Ermengarde de Beaugency. After her death he married Ermengarde de Borbon, and then possibly Ermengarde de Châtellailon. Both these were repudiated, possibly on grounds of consanguinity.
Next he married Bertrade de Montfort, who apparently left him for Philip I of France. Finally, he may have married a daughter of Walter of Brienne.
He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey Martel II, ruled jointly with his father for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded as Fulk V.
He also had a daughter, Ermengarde, who married William VII the Young, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine.
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References
Jim Bradbury, "Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets", in Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown

Ancestry of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou #9 and Kings of Germany and France #12.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 401 #1.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E-29.

SURNAME: Also shown as Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Foulques Iv Count Of

DEATH: Also shown as Died 14 Apr 1109

Fulk married De Montfort, Queen/France / Princess Of Scotland Bertrada 1089, France. Bertrada (daughter of Seigneur of Montfort Simon I and D'Evreux, Agnes, daughter of DeLorraine, Simon and D'Evreux, Agnes) was born 1059, of, Montfort, Eure, France; died 14 Feb 1116, , Fontrevault, , France. [Group Sheet]

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SURNAME: Also shown as Montfort

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Bertrade de

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Montfort, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 14 Feb 1117

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Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E- 29.

SURNAME: Also shown as of Maine

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Elias

FamilySearch showed this additional information:
Name - Description: Viscount of Maine Helias Elias de la Fleche

SURNAME: Also shown as Maine

PREFIX: Also shown as Count Of Main

SURNAME: Also shown as Maine

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Helie 1 Fleche of

PREFIX: Also shown as Count

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1060

Helias married Chateau Du Loire, Cts/Maine Mathilde Bef 1092. Mathilde (daughter of Seigneur de Chateau Du Loire Gervase and Erenburg) was born 1055, Chateau du Loire, France; died 27 Mar 1099, Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9HM4-4J
• Marriage: Her dowry consisted of the castles Mayet, Lucé-le-Grand and Outillé
• Title of Nobility: Countess of Maine
• _FSFTID: KFRR-RXJ
• _UID: 04F5E9EB799AE74A8710FE6572A9776502DD
• Baptism: 20 Feb 1992, Provo

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Geoffrey — d'Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy Ermengarde. Ermengarde (daughter of d' Anjou, 5th Count of Anjou Foulques III) was born Abt 1018; died 24 Mar 1076, Fleury-sur-Ouche. [Group Sheet]

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Simon — D'Evreux, Agnes. Agnes (daughter of Evreux (Everaux), Count of Everux Richard and Adela) was born Abt 1030, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: D85446235320104DB51A06E6A7F55ADAF0A9

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• scholastic-achievement: 16 OCT 1992/PROVO
• Occupation: Baron of La Fleche
• Occupation: Seigneur de La Fleche
• Religion: 5 NOV 1992/PROVO
• _FSFTID: LHYG-XJF
• _UID: 4993DA60F9D1B84F945F3B5963F4C668F34B

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Birth - Date: Abt 1016

John married Hugonide, Lady of Maine Paula Abt 1058, of, , Maine, France. Paula was born 1032. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9HM4-87
• National ID: IND3541
• scholastic-achievement: 16 OCT 1992/PROVO
• Title of Nobility: Lady of Maine
• Religion: 20 NOV 1992/PROVO
• _FSFTID: LZ6H-S1D
• _UID: 6E72516B35B01D498218D94FF034C23ECDA1

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• AFN: 9BB0-WN
• _UID: 9778E45952B6444B9464A9AAAE3ACD735681

Gervase — Erenburg. Erenburg was born Abt 1030, of, France. [Group Sheet]

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