 Geoffrey of "Senechal of France" Anjou, Count d'Anjou, son of Fulk of Anjou, Count of Anjou and Gerberga of "Gerberga of the Gatinais" Gatinais.Born Nov 11, 938 at Anjou, France; 3, died Jul 21, 987 at of war injuries, 48 years. Occupation: at Count-of-Anjou; Name: Geoffrey I "Grisegonnelle", Count de ANJOU Surname: Anjou Given Name: Geoffrey I "Grisegonnelle", Count de Nickname: Greygown Sex: M Birth: 11 Nov 0938 in Anjou,France Death: 21 Jul 0987 of war injuries DSCR: strong Reference Number: Minor,Fost _UID: D6225D5F52D96747B16C455D8911B6AC4851 Occupation: Count from 0960 to 0987 Anjou Note: MINOR, FOSTER, WAITE, NEWLIN LINE - 28th ggrandfather !Hampered by revolt, himself in character little more than a bold, dashing soldier, Geoffry Greygown sank almost into a vassal of his powerful neighbors, the Counts of Blois and Champagne. [WBH - England] !Son of Fulke II, le Bon, Count d'anjou; 2nd husband of Adelheid; father of Ermengarde. [Ped. of Charlemagne, Vol. I, p. 269] b. 938, d. 987 [Judy Martin] Count of Anjou, Seneschal of France; known as "Grisgonelle"; m.c. 968 Adelaide de Troyes; father of Fulk Nersa, Conte d'Anjou. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 3301, 3338] Geoffrey Greygown, whose prowess was the stuff of legend, ruled Anjou from 960-87. Skilful soldier in the French manner, stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 19] Killed the giant Dane Ethelulf in single combat. He sliced off his head and gave it to a miller to take back to the king of France. The miller identified him by his grey gown and the king ordered that therafter he should be called "Greygown". Succeeded by his son, Count Maurice. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 24] d. 987. Son of Fulk the Good; count of Anjou (960-87). The CHRONICLE OF THE COUNTS OF ANJOU describes him as 'stout-hearted and strong and most successful in battle' and tells of his single-handed victory against Ethelulf the dane, a Goliath-like figure. He was known as Greygown after a witness to the contest picked him out at the French court by the colour of his robes. [The Plantagenet Encyclopedia, p. 84] 1 2 3 4 5 Change Date: 11 Apr 2003 at 23:44:54 Father: Fulk II the Good, Count de ANJOU b: ABT 0909/0920 in Anjou,France Mother: Gerberga of the Gatinais du MAINE b: 0915 in Gatinais,Maine,France Marriage 1 Adelaide de VERMANDOIS Countess of Anjou b: ABT 0934 in of Donzy,of Troyes,Normandy,France Married: 2 Mar 0951 in France Children Ermengarde, Duchess de ANJOU b: 0962 in Anjou,France Maurice de ANJOU b: ABT 0958 in Anjou, France Adela Blanca de ANJOU Countess of Provence b: ABT 0960 in of Anjou,France Geoffrey de ANJOU b: ABT 0964 in of Anjou,France Gerberge of ANJOU Countess of Angouleme b: ABT 0962 in of Anjou,France Fulk III the Black, Count of ANJOU b: 21 Jun 0967 in of Anjou,France Marriage 2 Adele de CHALON b: ABT 0940 in France Children MAURICE Count of Anjou b: ABT 0958 in of,,Anjou,France Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III Author: Buck, J. Orton; Beard, Timothy Field Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: World's Best Histories: England Author: Green, John Richard Publication: The Co-operative Publication Society, New York and London, n.d. Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I Author: von Redlich, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986 Page: p. 269 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 3301, 3338 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: The Plantagenet Chronicles Author: Hallam, Elizabeth Publication: Weidenfield & Nicolson, New York, 1986 Page: p. 19, 24 Glick/Foster Ancestry at Rootsweb.com Married /51 at Anjou, France to:  Adelaide of Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois, daughter of Robert of Vermandois, Count of Troyes & Meaux and Alice of "Adelaide of Burgundy" Burgundy. Adoption parents: Robert of Vermandois, Count of Troyes & Meaux and Wera Adelaide Delia Chalons Born ± ABT. 934 at In of Donzy, of Troyes, Normandy, France, died Mar 12, 981/82 at Vermandois, Normandy, France, approximately 47 years, 1st marriage to: Lambert of "Count of Chalons-sur-Saone" Autun, 2nd marriage to: Geoffrey of "Senechal of France" Anjou, Count d'Anjou Name: Adelaide de VERMANDOIS Countess of Anjou Surname: Vermandois Given Name: Adelaide de NSFX: Countess of Anjou _AKA: Aelis or Adela of Troyes Sex: F Birth: ABT 0934 in of Donzy,of Troyes,Normandy,France Christening: of Donzy Death: 12 Mar 0982 in Vermandois, Normandy, France Reference Number: Minor,Wait _UID: 591D308E94EB7C4A870224AB6875F347E835 Note: Dau. of Robert, Count of Troyes, and Wera of Chalons; m.1 Lambert, Count of Chalons, and was mother of Mathilde and Gerberge; m.c. 978, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD100] Dau of Robert, Count of Meaux and Troyes, and Adelaide of Burgundy; m. Geoffrey Grisegonelle, Count of Anjou; mother of Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou. [Stewart Baldwin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Change Date: 27 Jul 2003 at 22:11:54 Father: Robert, Count of Troyes & Meaux VERMANDOIS b: 0920 in of Vermandois,France Mother: Wera Adelaide Delia CHALONS b: ABT 0920 in Bourgogne, Marneogne, France Marriage 1 Lambert de AUNOU Count de Chalons- sur-Saone b: 0924 in Autun, Seine-et-Loire, France Married: ABT 0948 in France Children Hugues I de CHALON-SUR-SAONE b: ABT 0948 in of Chalons-sur-Saone, France Gerberga de CHALONS-SUR-SAONE b: ABT 0952 in of Chalons-sur-Saone, France Elizabeth de CHALONS-SUR-SAONE b: ABT 0958 in Autun, Seine-et-Loire, France Mathilda of CHALONS-SUR-SAONE b: 0975 in Chalons-sur-Saone, France Marriage 2 Geoffrey I "Grisegonnelle", Count de ANJOU b: 11 Nov 0938 in Anjou,France Married: 2 Mar 0951 in France Children Ermengarde, Duchess de ANJOU b: 0962 in Anjou,France Maurice de ANJOU b: ABT 0958 in Anjou, France Adela Blanca de ANJOU Countess of Provence b: ABT 0960 in of Anjou,France Geoffrey de ANJOU b: ABT 0964 in of Anjou,France Gerberge of ANJOU Countess of Angouleme b: ABT 0962 in of Anjou,France Fulk III the Black, Count of ANJOU b: 21 Jun 0967 in of Anjou,France Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III Author: Buck, J. Orton; Beard, Timothy Field Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees 100 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 Title: Ridipath's History Title: Burke's Landed Gentry Publication: 1939 Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I Author: von Redlich, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986 Page: p. 269 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 3301, 3308, 3319, 3338, 3381 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com Children: 1. Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of AnjouBorn 962 at Anjou, France, died Jun 27, 992 at France, 29 or 30 years Name: Ermengarde, Duchess de ANJOU Surname: Anjou Given Name: Ermengarde, Duchess de Sex: F Birth: 0962 in Anjou,France Death: ABT 27 Jun 0992 in France Reference Number: Foster,Min _UID: E12CBD3334BB344B9B0562C52E9308FAF550 Note: FOSTER, MINOR, WAITE, NEWLIN LINE - 28th ggrandmother !Dau. of Adelheid and Geoffrey Grisegonelle; 2nd wife of Conan I, Count of Rennes; mother of Judith. [Ped. of Charlemagne, Vol. I, p. 269] b. 952 [Judy Martin] m 980 Conan I, "le Tort", Count of Rennes, Duke of Brittany Dau. of Geoffrey I "Grisgonelle", Count of Anjou; m. Conan "le Tort", Count of Rennes, Duke of Brittany; mother of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany. [Ancestral Roots, p. 42] Dau. of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou and Adelaide of Vermandois; m. Conan I, Duke of Bretagne. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 Repository: Name: Denver Public Library Title: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors Author: Mitchell, James T. Publication: 1991 Page: Chart 3338 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1995 Page: p. 42 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III Author: Buck, J. Orton; Beard, Timothy Field Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988 Page: Chapter LXXVIII Wright, Hack, Drummond, Selby, Garrison, Sudler Text: m. 980 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 2. Gerberga of Anjou, Countess of AngoulemeBorn ± ABT. 962 at Anjou, France, died at Angouleme, Cordeliersk, Charente-Maritime, France Name: Gerberge of ANJOU Countess of Angouleme Surname: Anjou Given Name: Gerberge of NSFX: Countess of Angouleme Sex: F Birth: ABT 0962 in of Anjou,France Reference Number: 19073 _UID: B0F166A6096EA54284B2B77BD2AA3A456EB9 Note: m. William II, Count of Angouleme; mother of Geoffrey I, Count of Angouleme. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD100] 1 Change Date: 12 Apr 2003 at 19:26:55 Father: Geoffrey I "Grisegonnelle", Count de ANJOU b: 11 Nov 0938 in Anjou,France Mother: Adelaide de VERMANDOIS Countess of Anjou b: ABT 0934 in of Donzy,of Troyes,Normandy,France Marriage 1 William II TAILLEFER Count of Angouleme b: 0976 in Angouleme, Charente, France Married: ABT 0980 Children Aldwin TAILLEFER Count Angeuleme b: ABT 1000 in Angouleme, France Geoffrey I TAILLEFER Count of Angouleme b: ABT 1014 in of Angouleme,Aquitaine,France Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees 100 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 3. Fulk III of "'the Black', Foulgues d'Anjou" Anjou, Count of AnjouBorn Jun 21, 967 at Name: Fulk III the Black, Count of ANJOU Surname: Anjou Given Name: Fulk III the Black, Count of Nickname: Nerra Sex: M Birth: 21 Jun 0967 in of Anjou,France Death: 21 Jun 1040 in Jerusalem,Holy Land Burial: Beaulieu-les-Loches,Tours,France Reference Number: Foster _UID: 585AB7D3892B754BB5DFF9AE5A3239C5752B Occupation: Count from 0987 to 1040 Anjou 1 Event: Metz, Haute-Lorraine, France Lived Event: Durtal Castle Founded Angers,Anjou,France 2 Event: Abbey of St. Nicholas Founded Angers,Anjou,France 2 Note: FOSTER LINE - 27th ggrandfather !The greatest of the Angevins, the first in whom we can trace that marked type of character which their house was to preserve through 200 years. He was without natural affection. In his youth he burned a wife at the stake, and legend told how he led her to her doom decked out in his gayest attire. In his old age he waged his bitterest war against his son, and exacted from him when vanquished a humiliation which men reserved for the deadliest of their foes. "You are conquered, you are conquered!" shouted the old man in fierce exultation as Geoffry, bridled and saddled like a beast of burden, crawled for pardon to his father's feet. In Fulk first appeared that low type of superstition which startled even superstitious ages in the early Plantagenets. Robber as he was of Church lands, and contemptuous of ecclesiastical censures, the fear of the end of the world drove Fulk to the Holy Sepulchre. Barefoot and with strokes of the scourge falling heavily on his shoulders, the Count had himself dragged by a halter through the streets of Jerusalem, and courted the doom of martyrdom by his wild outcries of penitence. He rewarded the fidelity of Herbert of Le Mans, whose aid saved him from utter ruin, by entrapping him into captivity and robbing him of his lands. He secured the terrified friendship of the French King by despatching 12 assassins to cut down before his eyes the minister who had troubled it. Familiar as the age was with treason and rapine and blood, it recoiled from the cool cynicism of his crimes, and believed the wrath of Heaven to have been revealed against the union of the worst forms of evil in Fulk the Black. But neither the wrath of Heaven nor the curses of men broke with a single mishap the 50 years of his success. At his accession in 987 Anjou was the least important of the greater provinces of France. At his death in 1040 it stood, if not in extent, at least in real power, first among them all. Cool headed, clear sighted, quick to resolve, quicker to strike, Fulk's career was one long series of victories over all his rivals. He was a consummate general, and he had the gift of personal bravery, which was denied to some of his greatest descendants. His warrior qualities plus his power for political organization, a capacity for far-reaching combinations, a faculty of statesmanship, which became the heritage of his race, and lifted them as high above the intellectual level of the rulers of their time as their shameless wickedness degraded them below the level of man. His overthrow of Brittany on the field of Conquereux was followed by the gradual absorption of Southern Touraine; a victory at Pontlevoi crushed the rival house of Blois; the seizure of Saumur completed his conquests in the south, while Northern Touraine was won bit by bit till only Tours resisted the Angevin. The treacherous seizure of its Count, Herbert Wakedog, left Maine at his mercy. [WBH - England] In 978 Hugh d'Ales witnessed a deed of the abbey of Chartres and was a favorite of Fulco Nerra, the count of Anjou. [Falaise Roll, p. 31] Chateauceaux was anciently in possession of the counts of Nantes, but abt 986 was a mesne-fief belonging to the counts of Anjou. At this time, Renaud de Thuringe, viscount of Anjou, built with the help of Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou, and with the consent of the count of Nantes, a feudal fortress upon the ruins of a Gallo-Roman castle, which had existed from the 7th century. [Falaise Roll, p. 133] Son of Geoffrey Grisgonelle, Count of Anjou, and Adelaide de Troyes; m. Hildegarde; father of Ermengarde. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 3301] Violent, charismatic and cruel, and a master of strategic castle-building. Ruled Anjou from 987-1040. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 19] Fulk's wife gave birth to Geoffrey Martel and a dau, Adela. Being a God-fearing man, Fulk made a pilgrimage to Rome to give thanks and, after receiving letters from the Roman pope with his blessing, started to Jerusalem where he met Duke Robert of Normandy. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 25-6] Undertook 3 pilgrimages to Jerusalem to atone for his atrocities, visited Rome and founded two abbeys: Beaulieu-les-Loches near Tours and St. Nicholas at Angers. He was a man of policy and purpose, revealed in the effectiveness of his campaigns and the strategic siting of his castles. Fascinating yet repellent, he was a leader of undoubted if crude ability. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 25] Odo, Count of Champagne, in alliance with Gedouin of Saumur, was threatening Fulk's power in the east of Anjou. Fulk and his ally Count Herbert of Maine did battle against him and carried the day, slaying or capturing abt 6000 of their enemies. The next year Fulk founded the castle of Montboyau to threaten Tours which he hoped to capture from Odo. But Odo laid siege to Montboyau. In turn Fulk seized control of Saumur and beseiged Montbazon Odo abandoned the siege at Montboyau and directed his infantry against Fulk. The ingenious Fulk put an end to his siege and retreated to Loches, where he erected his tents on the meadows. Fulk beseiged Montbazon again on Odo's death when Theobald III inherited his territory. This time he was successful in capturing it and entrusted it to William of Mirebeau to be guarded. Airaud Brustulii and other traitors handed over their lord Geoffrey, ruler of Saint-Aignan, to Fulk. Later in Fulk's absence, this man was strangled in his prison at Loches by the same traitors. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 28] Some of Fulk's castles controlled lines of communication and important centers. Among them were Treves on the River Loire, built in the 1020s to secure the Loire below Saumur, and Durtal (c. 1040) on the Loire above Angers, capital of Anjou. Others were aggressive in purpose, such as the ring of castles which encircles Tours and enabled Count Geoffrey Martel, Fulk Nerra's son, to take the city and Touraine in 1044. He was the first leader to grasp how strategically positioned castles could be the base from which to launch aggressive war and has earned him his reputation as an innovative strategist. [Plantagenet Chronicles, p. 30] Son of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, and Adelaide of Vermandois; m. Elizabeth of Vendome; father of Adele who m. Bodon, Count of Vendome. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 Glick/Foster Ancestry at Rootsweb.com | |||