Geoffrey II of Gâtinais in the context of "Counts and dukes of Anjou"

⭐ In the context of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Geoffrey II of Gâtinais is considered…

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⭐ Core Definition: Geoffrey II of Gâtinais

Geoffrey II, de Château-Landon (died 1043 or 1046) was the Count of Gâtinais. He was the son of Hugues du Perche, Count of Gâtinais, by Béatrice de Mâcon, the daughter of Aubry II de Mâcon. He was one of the first known ancestors in male line of the Plantagenets.

About 1035 he married Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Fulk III, Count of Anjou. After Geoffrey's death she married secondly Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.

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👉 Geoffrey II of Gâtinais in the context of Counts and dukes of Anjou

The Count of Anjou was the ruler of the County of Anjou, first granted by King Charles the Bald of West Francia in the 9th century to Robert the Strong. Ingelger and his son, Fulk the Red, were viscounts until Fulk assumed the title of count.

Ingelger's male line ended with Geoffrey II. Subsequent counts of Anjou were descended from Geoffrey's sister Ermengarde and Count Geoffrey II of Gâtinais. Their agnatic descendants, who included the Angevin kings of England, continued to hold the title and territory until King Philip II Augustus seized the region and annexed it to the French crown lands.

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