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Geoffrey V , Count of Anjou and Maine1,2,3
b. 24 August 1113, d. 7 September 1151, #23308
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Father   Fulk V 'le Jeune' Count of Anjou and Maine b. circa 1091/92, d. 10 November 1143
Mother   Ermengarde of Maine b. circa 1096, d. circa 1126

!AInfoNew* It appears that he was Count of Anjou from his fathers family and Count of Maine from his mother's family. 
Name Variation Geoffrey V , Count of Anjou and Maine was also found as Geoffrey The Fair.4 
Name Variation Geoffrey V , Count of Anjou and Maine was also found as Geoffrey Plantagenet. 
Birth* 24 August 1113 Geoffrey V was born on 24 August 1113 at Anjou, France. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulchre with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Plantagenistae) in his helm.5,6,7 
Marriage* 22 May 1127 Geoffrey V , Count of Anjou and Maine, 13 years old married Matilda The Empress, who was 25 years old, , daughter of Henry I , King of England and Matilda Edith Cean-Mohr, 22 May 1127 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 1127. This was the second marriage for Matilda.8,9,6,7 
Note He had at least two mistresses by which he had children. 
Title* 1144 Geoffrey V , Count of Anjou and Maine held the title of an unknown place which was granted in 1144.10  
Death* 7 September 1151
Geoffrey V died on 7 September 1151 at Eure Et Loir, at France at age 38.5,11,7 
Burial* Geoffrey was buried in Le Mans, France.7 
research* Find How did he die? 

Family 1   Unknown mistress b. circa 1112
Child  1. Hamelin Plantagenet 5th Earl of Surrey+ b. c 1130, d. Apr 12026

Family 2   unknown mistress b. circa 1113
Children  1. Adewis Plantagenet b. c 11326
  2. Marie Abbess of Shaftesbury b. c 11346
  3. Emma Plantagenet Princess of Wales b. c 1138, d. b 1214

Family 3   Matilda The Empress b. 7 February 1102, d. 10 September 1167
Children  1. Henry II Curtmantle , King of England+ b. 5 Mar 1133, d. 6 Jul 118912
  2. Geoffrey Count of Nantes b. 3 Jun 1134, d. 27 Jul 11576
  3. William Plantagenet , Count of Poitou b. 22 Jul 1136, d. 30 Jan 11636,12

Citations
  1. [S9754] Continental, online UK government, gives year date but no place.
  2. [S10141] BigKings Pedigree, online Church Yard Genealogies.
  3. Download, Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (1:24) & (118:25), (123.25). .
  4. [S9798] "GedCom via internet on Kings and Queens and other royality of Europe. On tape drive as "Internet". Some lines were printed to hard copy.".
  5. [S10141] BigKings Pedigree, online Church Yard Genealogies, Gives year only.
  6. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, online Robert Bradley.
  7. .
  8. [S9679] Unknown compiler, "B1759 The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia is licensed from Columbia University Press. Copyright © 1995 by Columbia University Press.", Ancestral File.
  9. Royals pt 29, online Denis Reed.
  10. Download, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01405.
  11. Longshanks, online Leo van de Pas.
  12. [S9754] Continental, online UK government.
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