Also known as Ferréol.
Events
Date of Birth: perhaps about 1000
The estimated date is given by Baldwin.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: on 30 April, between 1042 and 1045.
Place of Death: unknown.
The dates are given by Baldwin.
Place of Burial: the Abbey of St Sierge at Angers.
The place is given by Cokayne (p. 70).
Relationships
Father: Hugues du Perche.
This relationship is given by Saint-Phalle, by Settipani, and by Baldwin. Bouchard (1987, p. 263) gives Beatrix's first husband, Geoffrey. Bachrach (p. 264) also gives Geoffrey.
Mother: Béatrix de Mâcon.
This relationship is given by Saint-Phalle, by Settipani, by Bouchard (1987, p. 263; 2001, p. 19), and by Baldwin.
Spouse: Ermengarde d’Anjou (died 1076).
This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:12), by Saint-Phalle, by Bouchard (2001, p. 19), and by Baldwin.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)
Geoffroy III “le Barbu”, count of Gâtinais, count of Anjou, married Julienne, daughter of Hamelin, lord of Langeais.
Foulques IV d’Anjou married (1) Hildegard de Baugency; married (2) Ermengarde de Bourbon; married (3) Orengarde de Châtel-Aillon; married (4) a daughter of Gautier I, count of Brienne; married (5) Bertrade de Montfort.
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Bachrach, Bernard S. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, (University of California Press, 1993).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Geoffroy (III)” in The Henry Project.
Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).
Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).
Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).
Saint-Phalle, Edouard de. “Les comtes de Gâtinais aux Xe et XIesiècles” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 231-246.
Settipani, Christian. “Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 247-261.