Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais

Geoffrey II, de Château-Landon (born c. 1000 – died 1043–46) was a French nobleman and the Count of Gâtinais.

Career

Geoffrey was the son of Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais, and Beatrice of Macon. She was the daughter of Aubry II of Mâcon.^[1] He was born about the year 1000.^[2] The Gâtinais was a key district on the northeast border of Orléans and Château-Landon was the capitol.^[3] c. 1035 he married Ermengarde-Blanche of Anjou, daughter of Fulk III Nerra.^[4] Together they were the ancestors of the House of Plantagenet.^[4] Geoffrey died about 1043–1046.^[5] After Geoffrey's death Ermengarde-Blanche married secondly Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.^[6]

Family

Together, Geoffrey and Ermengarde had:

Hildegarde de Château-Landon, she married c.1060 Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay.^[7]
Geoffrey III of Anjou.^[7]
Fulk IV, Count of Anjou^[7]

References

↑ Kate Norgate, England Under the Angevin Kings, Vol. I (London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887), p. 250
↑ K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1997), p. 265
↑ Kate Norgate, England Under the Angevin Kings, Vol I (London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887). p. 249
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Jim Bradbury, 'Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets', Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown, Ed. Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher J. Holdsworth, Janet L. Nelson (The Boydell Press, 1989), p. 27
↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 116
↑ John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Edited by Peter Townsend (Burke's Peerage Ltd.,London, 1963)p. xciii
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln|Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 82

[1] Kate Norgate, England Under the Angevin Kings, Vol. I (London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887), p. 250

[2] K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1997), p. 265

[3] Kate Norgate, England Under the Angevin Kings, Vol I (London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887). p. 249

[JB27-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Jim Bradbury, 'Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets', Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown, Ed. Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher J. Holdsworth, Janet L. Nelson (The Boydell Press, 1989), p. 27

[5] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 116

[BP-xciii-6] John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Edited by Peter Townsend (Burke's Peerage Ltd.,London, 1963)p. xciii

[ESII-82-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln|Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 82

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