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Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

1113–1151 · Anjou

Duke of Normandy. Born at Angers. Died at Château-du-Loir.

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A dynasty named after a shrub

Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, was nicknamed Plante Genest in the 12th century, possibly after the yellow broom, genista in medieval Latin. His descendants ruled England from 1154, but only took Plantagenet as a family name in the 15th century.

Family

Father: Fulk, King of Jerusalem
Mother: Ermengarde, Countess of Maine
Married: Empress Matilda 1128
Children (3): Henry II of England 1133
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes 1134
William FitzEmpress 1136
Siblings (5): Matilda of Anjou 1101
Sibylla of Anjou 1112
Elias II, Count of Maine 1115
Baldwin III of Jerusalem 1130
Amalric I of Jerusalem 1136

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Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou was the 17× great-grandfather of Victoria.
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