Geoffrey II of Gâtinais
French noble (ancestor of English kings)
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Geoffrey II de Château-Landon (died 1043 or 1046) was the count of Gâtinais.[1][2] He was the son of Hugues du Perche, Count of Gâtinais, and of Béatrice de Mâcon, the daughter of Aubry II de Mâcon.[3] He was one of the first known ancestors in male line of the Plantagenets.
About 1035, he married Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Fulk III, Count of Anjou.[2][4] After Geoffrey's death she married secondly Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.[1]
Issue
Together, Geoffrey and Ermengarde had:
- Hildegarde de Château-Landon, married c.1060 to Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay;[4] his famous son was Joscelin I, Count of Edessa by a different wife.
- Geoffrey III (1040–1096)[2][4]
- Fulk IV (1043–1109)[2][4]