Geoffrey Plantagenet

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• Name	Geoffrey Plantagenet
  Gender	Male
  Death	1151
  Person ID	I30925	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2001

  
  

  Family	Mathilda,   b. 1103   d. 1167 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1127  [1]
  Children	> 1. Henry II,   b. 5/05 Mar 1132/1133   d. 1189 (Age 55 years)   2. Geoffrey VI,   b. 1134   d. 1157 (Age 23 years)   3. William,   b. 1136   d. 1164 (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F11244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  !BIRTH: He was passionately fond of hunting, and found the forests of Anjou too bare to harbor game in sufficient quantity. He therefore ordered his foresters to plant broom to thicken the cover. He always wore a sprig of broom in his helm or his cap. Plantagenet means planter of broom, thus was born one of the most famous surnames in the world. He also had another nickname-"TheHandsome." Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Encyclopaedia Brittanica, (Micropaedia Volume III, Ready Reference & Index), Vol.III/Pg. 206 (Reliability: 0). "Henry persuaded his barons to take an oath in her support in 1127, but did not consult them concerning her second marriage to Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou.