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|Picture=Geoffrey of Anjou Monument.jpg|Enamel effigy of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou on his tomb at Le Mans)
|Name=Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
|Occupation=Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine, Duke of Normandy ..."House of Anjou/Angevin/Plantagenet"
|Education=
|BornDate=24 August 1113
|BornWhere=Le Mans, France
|DiedDate=07 September 1151
|DiedWhere= Château-du-Loir
|BuriedLocation=Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans, France
|Mother=[[Ermengarde, Countess of Maine]]
|Father=[[Fulk V, King of Jerusalem]]
|Siblings=
|Spouse=[[Empress Matilda of England]]
|Issue=[[Henry II, King of England]]
}}

[[Category:House of Anjou/Angevin/Plantagenet]]

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==Notable==
The "House of Plantagenet" derives its name from Geoffrey's nickname "Plantagenet."

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'''From Encyclopaedia Britannica online:'''

<blockquote>Alternate title: Angevin dynasty

House of Plantagenet, also called house of Anjou or Angevin dynasty ,  royal house of England, which reigned from 1154 to 1485 and provided 14 kings, 6 of whom belonged to the cadet houses of Lancaster and York. The royal line descended from the union between Geoffrey, count of Anjou (d. 1151), and the empress Matilda, daughter of the English king Henry I.

Although well established, the surname Plantagenet has little historical justification. It seems to have originated as a nickname for Count Geoffrey and has been variously explained as referring to his practice of wearing a sprig of broom (Latin genista) in his hat or, more probably, to his habit of planting brooms to improve his hunting covers. It was not, however, a hereditary surname, and Geoffrey’s descendants in England remained without one for more than 250 years, although surnames became universal outside the royal family.

Some historians apply the name house of Anjou, or Angevin dynasty, to Henry II (who was also count of Anjou) and his 13 successors; other historians label only Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John, as the Angevin kings and, for want of a better name, label their successors, notably Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, as Plantagenets. The first official use of the surname Plantagenet by any descendant of Count Geoffrey occurred in 1460, when Richard, duke of York, claimed the throne as “Richard Plantaginet.”</blockquote>

'''To learn more:''' [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/463365/house-of-Plantagenet Link to Encyclopaedia Britannica]

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