Geoffrey V called the Handsome and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine

Count of Tours

The counts of Tours were the medieval feudal suzerains ruling over the region of Touraine in France with their capital at Tours. The first known count of Tours was the famous Hugh of the Etichonen family. After three generations, the county passed to the equally famous Robert the Strong, father of...

, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy

Duke of Normandy

The Duke of Normandy is the title of the reigning monarch of the British Crown Dependancies of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The title traces its roots to the Duchy of Normandy . Whether the reigning sovereign is a male or female, they are always titled as the "Duke of...

 by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda

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, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England

Henry I of England

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, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle

Henry II of England

Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...

, who succeeded to the English throne

Kingdom of England

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 and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname.
Geoffrey was the elder son of Fulk V of Anjou and Eremburga of La Flèche

Ermengarde of Maine

Ermengarde or Erembourg of Maine, also known as Erembourg de la Flèche , was Countess of Maine and the Lady of Château-du-Loir from 1110 to 1126. She was the daughter of Elias I of Maine, Count of Maine, and Mathilda of Château-du-Loire....

, heiress of Elias I of Maine

Elias I of Maine

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