Geoffrey Plantagenet, , Earl of Richmond^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1158 - 1186  (27 years)

• Name	Geoffrey Plantagenet
  Suffix	, Earl of Richmond
  Birth	23 Sep 1158	England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Aug 1186	Paris, Seine, France   [4]
  Burial	Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Seine, France
  Notes	Constance married, 1stly, Geoffrey, 4th son of HENRY II, by ELEANOR ofAquitaine, born 23 September 1158; on his marriage in 1181 he wasrecognised as DUKE OF BRITTANY and EARL OF RICHMOND; he had previously inMay 1169 received the homage of the Breton barons at Rennes. He leftEngland for Brittany in 1179, and the only later occasion on which heseems to have been in England was in 1184, the probable date of a charterwhich he executed at Winchester confirming to Kirkstead Abbey land inGayton le Wold, Lincs, which Duke Conan had given. On 30 March 1184 atRennes he confirmed an agreement between the priory of St. Cyr andGeoffrey de la Guerche. At Rennes in 1185, in conjunction with Constance,he issued his celebrated assize regulating the succession to lands inBrittany held by barony or military tenure, and at Nantes in 1186 acharter for the abbey of Buzay. He was killed in a tournament at Paris on19 August 1186, and buried in the quire of the cathedral there.[Complete Peerage X:794-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  Person ID	I2735	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2002

  
  

  Father	Henry II "Plantagenet" King of England,   b. 5 Mar 1133, LEMANS, SARTHS, Sarthe, FRANCE d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon Indre et Loire France (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Eleanor of Aquitaine,   b. 1122, Chateau de Belin-Belit,Gironde,Aquitaine,France d. 26 Jun 1202, Fontevrault, Anjou, France (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1152	Bordeaux, Gironde, France   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	Jul 1181	1st husband   [13]
  Family ID	F1195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Sep 1158 - England Death - 19 Aug 1186 - Paris, Seine, France Burial - - Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Seine, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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