Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Handsome

Notes:

Buried:
(St Julien's Cathedral)

Geoffrey married Holy Roman Empress Matilda of England on 11 Jun 1128. Matilda (daughter of Duke of Normandy and King of England Henry Plantagenet, I and Queen Consort of England Matilda of Scotland) was born on 7 Feb 1102 in London, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, and Lord of Ireland, and King of England Henry Plantagenet, II was born on 5 Mar 1132 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.
2. Count William Poitou Plantagenet was born on 22 Jul 1136 in Argentan, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 30 Jan 1164 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: a ruddy man, like David... faithful and gentle, affable and kind... an experienced warrior full of patience and wisdom in military affairs
• _MILT: Crusader and Knight Templar

Notes:

Buried:
Church of the Holy Sepulchre/(Jerusalem)

Died:
Killed in a hunting accident

Fulk married Ermengarde du Maine on 11 Jul 1110 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. Ermengarde (daughter of Count de Beaugency Helias Elias du Maine, I and Contessa Maine Matilde de Chateau du Loire) was born in 1092 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 15 Jan 1126 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
After her death, Fulk left his lands to their son Geoffrey, and set out for the Holy Land, where he married Melisende of Jerusalem and became King of Jerusalem

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: le Réchin
• Occupation: Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers titled Fragmentum historiae Andegavensis or "History of Anjou."

Fulk married Queen Consort of the Franks Bertrade de Montfort in 1089. Bertrade was born in 1070; died on 14 Feb 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: The lecherous Fulk then fell passionately in love with the sister of Amaury de Montfort, whom no good man ever praised save for her beauty
• Religion: Bertrade, still young and beautiful, took the veil at Fontevraud Abbey, always charming to men, pleasing to God, and like an angel

Notes:

Married:
Bertrade left her husband and took up with King Philip I

Helias married Contessa Maine Matilde de Chateau du Loire. Matilde was born in 1062 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 27 Mar 1099 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Chateau Du

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Hammer

Notes:

Birth:
Chateau Landon

Geoffrey married Duchess of Burgundy Ermengarde 'Blanche' de Anjou in 1035 in France. Ermengarde (daughter of Count of Anjou Fulk de Anjou, III and Countess Anjou Hildegard de Sundgau) was born on 18 Oct 1018 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 21 Mar 1076 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]