Geoffrey, Count of Nantes
Geoffrey | |
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Count of Nantes | |
Born | 1 June 1134 Rouen or Argentan, Normandy |
Died | 27 July 1158 Nantes | (aged 24)
House | Plantagenet |
Father | Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou |
Mother | Empress Matilda |
Geoffrey VI (1 June 1134
Family
Born in
Conflict
It was said that in his will, Geoffrey V had stipulated that his second son, Geoffrey, would become
In March 1152, Geoffrey attempted to abduct Duchess
In late 1153 or in 1154, Theobald V of Blois invaded
In the summer of 1156, Geoffrey was again making trouble for Henry and Henry laid siege to the castles of Chinon, Mirebeau, Loudun and Montsoreau.
Death
Geoffrey died suddenly at Nantes in 1158.
Fictional portrayals
Geoffrey was portrayed by actor Paul Greenwood in the 1978 BBC TV series The Devil's Crown, which dramatised the reigns of his brother and nephews in England.
References
- ^ Henry Project, Geoffrey V "le Bel" or "Plantagenet"
- ^ Warren, W L, Henry II, pgs. 45–47, Univ. of California Press, 1973
- ^ Weir, Alison Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life p 78, (New York, Ballantine Books, 1999)
- ISBN 9789004157248.
- ^ Warren, W L, Henry II, pgs. 45–47
- ^ Keefe, T.K, Geoffrey Plantagenet's Will and the Angevin Succession, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies Vol. 6 No. 3 (Autumn 1974) pp. 266-274
- ^ Kelly, Amy Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings p 80 (Harvard Univ. Press, 1950)
- ^ Weir, Eleanor of Aquitaine p 89
- ^ Kelly, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, p. 83
- ^ Weir, Eleanor of Aquitaine, p 96
- Chibnall, MarjorieThe Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English pgs. 157–158, 163 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1991)
- ^ Kelly, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, p 91
- ^ Weir, Eleanor of Aquitaine, p 102
- ISBN 9789004157248.
- ^ Warren, Henry II, p 65
- ^ Weir, Eleanor of Aquitaine, p 145
- ^ Warren, Henry II, pgs. 65, 76
- ^ Warren, Henry II, pgs. 76-77