Geoffroy I “Grisegonelle”, count of Anjou

Count of Anjou

Seneschal of France

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 21 July 987.

Place of Death: the siege of Marçon.

The date and place are given by père Anselme (6:2) and Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Foulques II “le Bon”, count of Anjou.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:6), by Bachrach, by Settipani (p. 232), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Gerberge.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:6), by Bachrach, by Settipani (p. 232), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Adèle de Troyes.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:7), by Bachrach, by Settipani (p. 232), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Adélaïde, widow of Lambert, count of Chalon.

This relationship is given by Le Jan (p. 449), and by Baldwin.

Children (by Adèle): .

(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.)

Foulques III “Nerra” (died 1040), count of Anjou, married (1) Elizabeth de Vendôme; married (2) Hildegarde de Lorraine.

Geoffroy.

Ermengarde married Conan I de Rennes.

Gerberge married Guillaume IV, count of Angoulême.

Children (by Adèlaïde): .

Maurice.

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 I "Grisegonelle" (Geoffrey Greycloak, Gaufridus/Gauzfredus Grisegonella)” in The Henry Project.

Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VII^e - X^e siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).