{"slug": "geoffrey-plantagenet-count-of-anjou", "label": "Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Plantagenet%2C_Count_of_Anjou", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1113, 1152], "span_label": ["1113 CE", "1152 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "county-of-anjou", "label": "County of Anjou", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "henry-i-of-england", "label": "Henry I of England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "empress-matilda", "label": "Empress Matilda", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "duchy-of-normandy", "label": "Duchy of Normandy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "fulk-king-of-jerusalem", "label": "Fulk, King of Jerusalem", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "stephen-king-of-england", "label": "Stephen, King of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-vii-of-france", "label": "Louis VII of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-ii-of-england", "label": "Henry II of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "westminster-abbey", "label": "Westminster Abbey", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1113, "year_label": "1113 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (\"the Fair\") (d. 1151)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267067505#Births", "title": "1113", "revid": 1267067505, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1127, "year_label": "1127 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Henry I of England arranges the marriage of his daughter Matilda (the widow of Emperor Henry V) to the 14-year-old Geoffrey of Anjou (son of Count Fulk V). This is done to ensure an alliance between England and Anjou, and to prevent Fulk allying with Louis VI. Henry has the English nobles swear allegiance to Matilda as the rightful heir to the throne. Upon his death, her cousin Stephen of Blois crosses the channel and usurps her throne, becoming the King of England. She wages a lengthy civil war known as the Anarchy, which lasts from 1135–1154.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348045996#England", "title": "1127", "revid": 1348045996, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1128, "year_label": "1128 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – King Henry I of England marries his only legitimate daughter, dowager Empress Matilda, to the 14-year-old Geoffrey Plantagenet (\"the Fair\"), count of Anjou, at Le Mans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046025#Europe", "title": "1128", "revid": 1348046025, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1129, "year_label": "1129 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Fulk V, count of Anjou, marries Melisende (daughter of King Baldwin II) the heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Fulk gives up his title which passes to his 15-year-old son, Geoffrey V (the Fair).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329978071#Europe", "title": "1129", "revid": 1329978071, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1135, "year_label": "1135 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – Stephen of Blois is crowned at Westminster Abbey in London by Archbishop William de Corbeil. Matilda (pregnant with child) and her husband Geoffrey V (\"the Fair\") leave for their own safety to Normandy, where she plans how to overthrow Stephen and claim the English throne for her own.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184463#England", "title": "1135", "revid": 1369184463, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1137, "year_label": "1137 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Stephen sails to Normandy to confront Geoffrey V (the Fair) and the Angevins, who are attacking the southern areas of Normandy. Although Stephen has some success, he is not able to recapture Normandy from Matilda, daughter and heiress of the late King Henry I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362157430#Britain", "title": "1137", "revid": 1362157430, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1138, "year_label": "1138 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Earl Robert FitzRoy rebels against King Stephen, supporting Matilda (his step-sister) in her claim for the English throne. Matilda is given refuge by Earl William de Albini at Arundel Castle. Stephen builds siege works around the castle, but is unable to break the castle's defences. In France, Matilda's husband Duke Geoffrey V (the Fair) takes advantage of the situation by re-invading Normandy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366421724#Britain", "title": "1138", "revid": 1366421724, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1144, "year_label": "1144 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (\"the Fair\", husband of Empress Matilda) completes his conquest of Normandy, which comes under Angevin control. In exchange for being recognised as Duke of Normandy by King Louis VII of France, Geoffrey surrenders half of the county of Vexin – a region vital to Norman security – to Louis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362160711#Europe", "title": "1144", "revid": 1362160711, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1151, "year_label": "1151 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368252433#Events", "title": "1151", "revid": 1368252433, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1151, "year_label": "1151 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368252433#Deaths", "title": "1151", "revid": 1368252433, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1152, "year_label": "1152 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – King Louis VII repudiates his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine and has it annulled on grounds of misconduct and consanguinity – returning her lands and titles. Within 6 weeks, Eleanor re-marries Henry of Anjou, who had claimed the counties of Anjou and Maine, and the province of Touraine upon the death of his father Geoffrey Plantagenet (the Fair), the previous year. With the addition of Eleanor's lands, he now controls territory stretching unbroken, from Cherbourg to Bayonne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584069#Europe", "title": "1152", "revid": 1365584069, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}