Ermengarde of Anjou

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Ermengarde — Conan I of Rennes. Conan (son of Judicael Berengar) was born 927; died 27 Jun 992. [Group Sheet]

1. Geoffrey was born 980; died 20 Nov 1008.
2. Judith of Brittany was born 982; died 1017.
3. Judicael
4. Catuallon
5. Hernod

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• Name: Grisegonelle
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Geoffrey I of Anjou (died July 21, 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 960 to 987. He succeeded his father Fulk II. He cultivated the loyal support of a group of magnates, some of whom he inherited from his father, others whom he recruited: men such as Alberic of Vihiers, Cadilo of Blaison, Roger I (le "vieux") of Loudon, Joscelin of Rennes, castellan of Baugé, Suhard I of Craon, Tobert of Buzençais and members of the Bouchard clan, and encouraged them to see their own dynastic interests as tied to the success of the Angevin count. He succeeded in establishing a group of fideles upon whom his son, Fulk called "Nerra", was able to depend in establishing Anjou as a cohesive regional power in an age of territorial disintegration. In preparing the way, Geoffrey was the first count in the west of France to associate his son in the comital title.

Geoffrey allied with the Count of Nantes against the Count of Rennes, and allied with Hugh Capet, fearing an invasion by the Count of Blois. He was one of the men responsible for bringing Hugh to the throne of France.

Geoffrey — Adele of Meaux. Adele (daughter of Robert of Vermandois and Adelaide of Burgundy) was born 934; died 982. [Group Sheet]

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Fulk II of Anjou (died 958), son of Fulk the Red, was count of Anjou from 942 to his death.

He was often at war with the Bretons. He seems to have been a man of culture, a poet and an artist. He was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle.
Fulk II died at Tours. Fulk's date of death 11 November 958 is given by Christian Settipani in his work La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien, but it's unclear upon what primary evidence this is based.

By his spouse, Gerberge, he had several children:

Adelais of Anjou, married five times
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois

Fulk — Gerberge. [Group Sheet]

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Robert — Adelaide of Burgundy. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: the Red
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Fulk I of Anjou (about 870 - 942), called the Red, was son of viscount Ingelger of Angers and Resinde "Aelinde" D'Amboise, was the first count of Anjou from 898 to 941. He increased the territory of the viscounty of Angers and it became a county around 930. During his reign he was permanently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. He married Rosalie de Loches. He died around 942 and was succeeded by his son Fulk II. The modern day Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, is a descendant of his, along with various other European monarchs.

I — Rosalie De Loches. [Group Sheet]

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Herbert — Hildebrand of France. [Group Sheet]

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