Who married Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou?
Empress Matilda married Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou on . Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou was 14 years old on the wedding day (14 years, 8 months and 22 days). Empress Matilda was 26 years old on the wedding day (26 years, 3 months and 15 days). The age gap was 11 years, 6 months and 24 days.
The marriage lasted 23 years, 3 months and 23 days (8515 days ). The marriage ended on . Cause: death of subject's spouse
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou: Marriage Status Timeline
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Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Fair (French: le Bel), Plantagenet, and of Anjou, was the count of Anjou and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also duke of Normandy by his marriage claim and conquest, from 1144.
Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, king of England and duke of Normandy. Geoffrey and Matilda's marriage led, through their son Henry II, to the 300-year long reign of the Plantagenet dynasty in England. Although it was never his family name or last name, "Plantagenet" was taken for the dynasty from Geoffrey's epithet, long after his death. Geoffrey's ancestral domain of Anjou in north central France gives rise to the name Angevin, and what modern historians name as the Angevin Empire in the 12th century.
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Empress Matilda
Matilde o Matilda, in inglese Matilda of England, talvolta Maud oppure Maude (Winchester, 7 febbraio 1102 – Rouen, 10 settembre 1167) è stata imperatrice del Sacro Romano Impero e Regina consorte d'Italia dal 1114 al 1125, nonché signora degli Inglesi nel 1141.
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