About Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais
Lived 1000 – 1046. Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais was a French aristocrat.
Geoffrey II de Château-Landon (died 1043 or 1046) was the count of Gâtinais. He was the son of Hugues du Perche, Count of Gâtinais, and of Béatrice de Mâcon, the daughter of Aubry II de Mâcon. He was one of the first known ancestors in male line of the Plantagenets.
About 1035, he married Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Fulk III, Count of Anjou. After Geoffrey's death she married secondly Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.
Issue Together, Geoffrey and Ermengarde had: Hildegarde de Château-Landon, married c.1060 to Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay; his famous son was Joscelin I, Count of Edessa by a different wife. Geoffrey III (1040–1096) Fulk IV (1043–1109)
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Who was Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais?
French noble
When was Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais born?
Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais was born in 1000 in France.
When did Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais die?
Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais died on 1 April 1046 in France.
What was Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais's occupation?
Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais was an aristocrat.
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Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais was French.
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