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His preference was to use Matilda's marriage to secure the southern borders of Normandy by marrying her to Geoffrey, the eldest son of Count Fulk V of Anjou. Henry's control of Normandy had faced numerous challenges since he had conquered it in 1106, and the latest threat came from his nephew William Clito, the new count of Flanders, who enjoyed the support of the French king. [67]
27 de nov. de 2018 · Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou was the second husband of Empress Matilda, Lady of the English, daughter of King Henry I of England, and the ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England. Born on August 24, 1113, Geoffrey was the eldest of the four children and the elder of the two sons of Fulk V, Count of Anjou and his first wife Ermengarde, Countess of Maine in her own right.
Godfried V (24 augustus 1113 - Château-du-Loir, 7 september 1151 ), bijgenaamd de Schone (Frans: Le Bel) en Plantagenet (omdat hij vaak een takje brem - in Latijn planta genista - op zijn hoed droeg). Hij was graaf van Anjou (provincie), Touraine en Maine (provincie) en hertog van Normandië. Godfried speelde een belangrijke rol in de opbouw ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fulk V of Anjou (1089/1092 November 13, 1143), also known as Fulk the Young, and after 1131 as Fulk of Jerusalem, was Count of Anjou from 1109 to 1129, and king of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death. Fulk was born between 1089 and 1092, the son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort.
Geoffrey IV was the count of Anjou (1131–51), Maine, and Touraine and ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England through his marriage, in June 1128, to Matilda (q.v.), daughter of Henry I of England. On Henry’s death (1135), Geoffrey claimed the duchy of Normandy; he finally conquered it in 1144
He heard good reports of Geoffrey Plantagent of Anjou. Henry began negotiations with Geoffrey's father, Foulques V d'Anjou and on 10th June 1128, the fifteen-year-old Geoffrey, who was more than eleven years her junior, was knighted in Rouen by Henry in preparation for the wedding. Geoffrey of Anjou married Matilda at Le Mans on 17th June 1128.
