Count of Anjou Geoffrey I of Anjou

Male - 987


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  • Name Geoffrey I of Anjou 
    Title Count of Anjou 
    Gender Male 
    Name Grisegonelle 
    Reference Number 37284 
    Died 21 Jul 987 
    Person ID I37284  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father Fulk II of Anjou,   d. 11 Nov 958, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Gerberge 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F12377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Adele of Meaux,   b. 934,   d. 982  (Age 48 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ermengarde of Anjou,   b. 952,   d. 992  (Age 40 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F12376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.