Geoffroi V "the Fair" Plantagenet

Abt 1113 - Abt 1151  (~ 38 years)

• Name	Geoffroi V "the Fair" Plantagenet  [1, 2]
  Nickname	the Fair
  Birth	Abt 1113  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1151	Chateau, Eure-et-Loire   [1, 2]
  Burial	Abt 1151	St. Julian
  Person ID	I1250	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Foulques V "le Jenn",   b. Abt 1092   d. Abt 1143 (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Aremburge du Maine,   b. Abt 1026   d. 14 Jan 1126 (Age ~ 100 years)
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda of England,   b. Abt 1102, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Normandie (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1128	Cath   [1, 2, 4]
  	Geoffrei Plantagenet and Empress Matilda daughter of King of the English Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conqueror were marriad 22 May 1128 in Le Mans Cathedral. Geoffrei was age 14 when wed to Matilda, age 25 Cath [3]
  Children	1. Henry II Curtmantle Plantagenet,   b. 5 Mar 1132, Le Mans, Maine, Pays de la Loire d. 6 Jul 1189, England (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2011

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Anjou

  
  

• Notes

  Geoffrey "the Fair" Plantagenet was the first to use the Plantagenet name. One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat. Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of-"Plantagenet"-has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant. The ancient arms of Anjou borne by the Plantagenet are described as "Gules, a Chief Argent over an Escarbuncle" which means "a red shield with a silver bar at the top and a gold cross of eight rays set with knobs and the arms ending in fleur-de-lis". Shields were sometimes strengthened with iron bands radiating from the centre which eventually became a part of the coat of arms under the term escarbuncle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Bulkeley **main, (New Haven, Connecticut, 1933), pp82-83 (Reliability: 3). [S364] Frederick Lewis Weis and Arthur Adams, Magna Charta Sureties, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1999), p18 (Reliability: 3). [S534] Website, http://www.robertsewell.ca/plantagenet.html (Reliability: 3). Cathedrale St-Julien Le-Mans.jpg [S534] Website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs (Reliability: 3).