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 Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geoffrey was invested with the duchy, and he and Constance were married in 1181.
Arthur of Brittany fought his uncle John for the throne and was subsequently murdered.
Geoffrey and Constance would have three children, one born posthumously:
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 COON-KUHN - STEADMAN Connections
BERNARD II DUKE OF SAXONY and ELICA OF SCHWEINFURT.
BERNARD I DUKE OF SAXONY and HILDEGARDE OF STADE.
BERNARD I DUKE OF SAXONY, Schwanhilde OF SAXONY.
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 Brittany - Bretagne
GEOFFREY, Duke of Brittany 992-1008, was born in 980 and died in 1008.
JUDUAEL or ALAN I, Duke of Brittany, was born in 535.
She married Hoel, Duke of Brittany, Count of Cornouaille, who died in 1084.
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 Geoffrey_II,_Duke_of_Brittany
Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
King Henry, always anxious to enrich his sons at little cost to himself, arranged for Geoffrey to marry Constance, the heiress of Brittany.
Geoffrey withdrew to Paris and the court of King Philip II of France, who became his friend and made him the suzerain of France, largely to annoy King Henry.
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 woodgate - pafg128 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Geoffrey Duke of Brittany [Parents] was born on 23 Sep 1158.
Alan IV of Brittany Fergant Count.Alan married Constance in 1086 in Caen.
Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy [Parents] was born in 1054 in Normandy,France.
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 GEOFFREY (11581186) - LoveToKnow Article on GEOFFREY (11581186)
Geoffrey made peace with his father in the autumn of 1039, and had his wifes two sons recog- nized as dukes.
In 1036 Geoffrey Martel had toliberate William the Fat, on payment of a heavy ransom, but thelatter having died in 1038, and the second son of William the Great, Odo, duke of Gascony, having fallen in his turn at thesiege of Mauz(Ioth of March 1039)
Geoffrey, though of high character, was a man of uneven temper; his history in chiefly one of quarrels, with thesee of Canterbury, with the chancellor Willian Longch amp, withhis half-brothers Richard and John, and especially with hiscanons at York.
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Geoffrey (Duke of Brittany) (ABT 0980 - 1008)
Conan (I, Duke of Brittany) (____ - 27 Jun 0992)
Giselbert (Duke of Lorraine) (ABT 0890 - 0939)
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Geoffrey Duke of Brittany [ Parents ] was born on 23 Sep 1158.
Alan IV of Brittany Fergant Count.Alan married Constance in 1086 in Caen.
Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy[ Parents ] was born in 1054 in Normandy,France.
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 :: Bretagne.com :: english issue :: Important dates in the history of Brittany
Henry II 1182-1186 : Geoffrey II son of Henry II, is duke of Brittany..
April 1203: Arthur is captured during the siege of Mirebeau, while he was fighting Jean Without Land, his uncle, to make known his rights to the crown in England, and is afterwards assassinated in a dungeon in Rouen.
1213-1237 : Pierre I Mauclerc, spouse of Alix of Thouars, duke of Brittany, battles against his feudal landowners and against the clergy.
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 ARTHUR - LoveToKnow Article on ARTHUR
(1187-1203), duke of Brittany, was the posthumous a of Geoffrey, the fourth son of Henry II.
of England, and instance, heiress of Conan IV., duke of Brittany.
On his death in 1189, the nobles of Anjou, Maine and iuraine refused to recognize John of England, and did homage Arthur, who declared himself the vassal of Philip Augustus.
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 Normandy
She md Geoffrey of Brittany, Duke of Brittany, abt 997, son of Conan I of Brittany, Duke of Brittany, "le Tort", and Ermengarde of Anjou.
She md Geoffrey V of Anjou, "Le Bon", Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, 22 May 1127, Sarthe, France, son of Fulk V of Anjou, Count of Anjou, and Erembourg of Maine.
She md Routrou II de Perche, Count of Perche, abt 1100, son of Geoffrey II, Count of Mortagne and Perche, and Beatrix de Montdidier.
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 Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
Dukes of Gascony, 768-1038 AD The culture of the South of France in the 12th century is one of the first signs of the revival of civilization in Francia after the "second Dark Age" of the 9th and 10th centuries.
His son Geoffrey then marries the daughter, Matilda, of King Henry I of England, who had recently lost her husband, the Emperor Henry V -- so she is often called the "Empress." There was a dispute over the Kingship of her cousin Stephen-- she had disputed it herself in 1141.
Duke William V had three wives, and subsequent Dukes were descendants of William VIII, son of William V and Agnes of Burgundy.
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 Phelps Family in America
Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany -- to -- Joane Plantagenet
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 Ancestors of Dylan James Schiele
Geoffrey Viscount of Orleans was born in 875 in Of, Orleans, France.
She was married to Gilbert Duke of Lorraine on 29 Jan 1044.
Geoffrey Count of Gatinais was born in 925.
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 Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geoffrey I of Rennes (980- November 20, 1008) was duke of Brittany, from 992 to his death.
He was son of Duke Conan I and Ermengarde of Anjou.
He married Havise of Normandy and had at least two sons: Alan III his successor, and Eudes, Count of Penthievre.
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 Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany (September 23, 1158 - August 19, 1186) was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
In July, 1181, he married Constance, daughter of the Duke of Brittany, inheriting the title through her a few months later.
Geoffrey never got to rule England, because he was killed in a tournament before his older brother Richard the Lionhearted died.
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 I9334: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany (23 SEP 1158 - 19 AUG 1186)
Descendants of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany Duchess
I9334: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany (23 SEP 1158 - 19 AUG 1186)
Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany Duchess had the following children
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 Arthur I, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187 – 1203), was the posthumous son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and designated heir to the throne of England, originally intended to succeed Richard I.
While Richard was away on crusade, Constance took more independence for Brittany, and in 1194 had the young Arthur proclaimed as its Duke.
But on July 31, 1202 he was surprised by King John while besieging Mirabeau (where he was holding his grandmother Eleanor of Aquitaine hostage), captured, and imprisoned at Falaise, guarded by Hubert de Burgh.
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 Richard I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was also an older brother of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan Plantagenet and John of England.
Richard officially proclaimed his nephew, the son of Geoffrey, Arthur of Brittany, as his heir, and Tancred promised to later marry one of his daughters to Arthur when he came of age (Arthur was only four years old at the time).
However, his French territories initially rejected John as a successor, preferring his nephew Arthur of Brittany, the son of their late brother Geoffrey, whose claim was technically better than John's.
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 Richard I of Normandy
Hawise of Normandy, wife of Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany,
Richard I of Normandy (933 - November 20, 996) was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996.
He was born in 933 in Fecamp, France to William I of Normandy, Duke of Normandy and Adela, daughter of Hubert I, Count of Senlis.
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 Geoffrey Prince of England [Duke of Brittany]/[Duke of Brittany] & Constance Countess Of Bretagne/Countess Of Bretagne
Geoffrey Prince of England [Duke of Brittany]/[Duke of Brittany] and Constance Countess Of Bretagne/Countess Of Bretagne
Geoffrey Prince of England [Duke of Brittany]/[Duke of Brittany]
Eleanore Princes of Aquintaine And Queen of England/Princes of Aquintaine And Queen of England
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 Articles - John of England
He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England, Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine and Joan of England.
Arthur attempted to kidnap his own grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, at Mirebeau, but was defeated and captured by John's forces.
Born at Oxford, John was the fifth son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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 FRANCIA
The Dukes of Savoy, beginning with a county in Burgundy, acquired more land and a capital (Turin) in Italy, named their new Kingdom after Sardinia and ultimately succeeded as the modern Kings of Italy.
Provence was not a fief of France but, like the Dauphiné, of the Kingdom of Burgundy; but René's grandfather, Duke Louis I, had it gotten from Joanna I of Anjou.
Counts & Dukes of Berg, Jülich, Mark, & Cleves
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 Duke Richard "The Good" II DE NORMANDY
Duke Richard II, married Judith of Brittany, sister to Geoffrey of Rennes, who was subsequently Count of Brittany.
Marriage: Judith of Rennes (daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany)
Robert I, Duke of Normandy (father of William the Conqueror) 1010 - About 3 Jul 1035
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 Henry II of England
He was followed by John I of EnglandKing John, the youngest son of Henry II, laying aside the claims of Geoffrey, Duke of BrittanyGeoffrey's children Arthur I, Duke of BrittanyArthur of Brittany and Eleanor, Fair Maid of BrittanyEleanor/.
Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John also provided the subjects of the BBC2 television series ''The Devil's Crown'' and the 1978 book of the same title, written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the broadcast series, which starred Brian Cox as Henry and Jane Lapotaire as Eleanor.
Henry's illegitimate son Geoffrey, Archbishop of York/, also stood by him the whole time and alone among his sons attended on Henry's death-bed.
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 Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
In 1246 a league of barons led by the duke of Burgundy and the counts of Brittany, Angouleme, and St. Pol limited ecclesiastical courts to cases of usury, heresy, and marriage, and many barons continued to enforce this even though Pope Innocent IV denounced the league.
When Slesvig was taken, Abel fled to his allies; but the Duke of Saxony and the Margrave of Brandenberg mediated a truce in the civil war.
Peter of Dreux eventually was reconciled to Louis in 1234 and was allowed to rule Brittany as his vassal until his son John came of age.
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 I9334: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany (23 SEP 1158 - 19 AUG 1186)
Descendants of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany Duchess
I9334: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany (23 SEP 1158- 19 AUG 1186)
Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany Duchess had the following children
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 Richard I of England - Enpsychlopedia
Richard officially proclaimed his nephew, the son of Geoffrey, Arthur of Brittany, as his heir, and Tancred promised to later marry one of his daughters to Arthur when he came of age (Arthur was only four years old at the time).
On July 6, 1189 Henry II died in Chinon, and Richard I succeeded him as King of England, Duke of Normandy, and Count of Anjou.
He was officially crowned duke on July 20 and king in Westminster on September 3, 1189.
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