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From: TASTES_LIKE_FEAR <>
Subject: Re: Geoffrey IV + V, Count of Anjou
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 19:34:46 +0100
In-Reply-To: <199609020453.AAA04478@cliff.cris.com>


> Yes, Henry II did have a son named Geoffrey, but I don't know if he
> was Count of Anjou or not, but I have the dates of b:1160 d:1190 for
> him.

Geoffrey, son of Henry II, was Count of Anjou, and also of Brittany
through his marriage to Constance, the heiress.

Geoffrey got Anjou in a biarre division of Henry II's legacy. Henry The
Young King spent much of his short life in Normandy. Richard, the future
Lionheart, got his mother's duchy of Aquitaine. And of course John,
called Lackland, got nothing..... apart from Ireland, which he couldn't
keep ( I believe he insulted the Irish chieftains and started pulling
their beards. Ignorant fop!)

Avidly...
Michelle

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"Aluminum, tastes like fear, adrenaline pulls us near" - R.E.M. AUGUST 1996
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