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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 22.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background: #99BADD; color: #000000;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Geoffrey <i>Grey Gown</i></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 938/940</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><span style="display:none">(<span class="dday deathdate">987-07-21</span>)</span>21 July 987<br /><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%A7on" title="Marçon">Marçon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">Noble family</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Ingelger" title="House of Ingelger">Ingelger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adele_of_Meaux" title="Adele of Meaux">Adele of Meaux</a></li><li>Adelaise de Châlons</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Fulk_II_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk II of Anjou">Fulk II of Anjou</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Gerberga</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:France_Nord_Ouest_1050.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/France_Nord_Ouest_1050.jpg/220px-France_Nord_Ouest_1050.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/France_Nord_Ouest_1050.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="301" /></a><figcaption>Anjou and surrounding territories</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Geoffrey I of Anjou</b> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 938/940</span> – 21 July 987), known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grisegonelle</i></span> ("Grey Gown" or "Greymantle"),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199377_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199377-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was <a href="/wiki/Count_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Count of Anjou">count of Anjou</a> from 960 to 987. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Geoffrey was the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Fulk_II_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk II of Anjou">Fulk II, Count of Anjou</a> and his first wife Gerberga.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded his father as <a href="/wiki/Counts_and_dukes_of_Anjou" title="Counts and dukes of Anjou">Count of Anjou</a> about 960, at the age of 20.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married <a href="/wiki/Adele_of_Meaux" title="Adele of Meaux">Adele of Meaux</a> (934–982), daughter of <a href="/wiki/Robert_of_Vermandois" title="Robert of Vermandois">Robert of Vermandois</a>. Her father was a patrilineal descendant of <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a>, while her paternal grandmother was daughter of king <a href="/wiki/Robert_I_of_France" title="Robert I of France">Robert I of France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through this marriage the Angevins joined the highest ranks of western French nobility.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geoffrey started by making his power-base the citadel of Angers strategically placing his <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">fidèles</i></span> in key areas surrounding the city to protect his territories.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lands of the abbeys of Saint-Aubin and Saint-Serge in Angers provided the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">beneficium</i></span> for his most faithful adherents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On this subject which became this family's theme, Geoffrey advised both his sons, Fulk and Maurice: "No house is weak that has many friends. Therefore I admonish you to hold dear those fideles who have been friends."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199382_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199382-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although one of the principal methods of Angevin expansion was by the creation of family connections Geoffrey exerted his control through various methods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father had controlled Nantes through his second marriage to the widowed countess and Geoffrey continued this by making Count <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Brittany" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Brittany">Guerech</a> accept him as overlord.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With an eye towards <a href="/wiki/Maine-et-Loire" title="Maine-et-Loire">Maine</a>, Geoffrey took advantage of the rift that developed between the <a href="/wiki/Counts_and_Dukes_of_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Counts and Dukes of Maine">Counts of Maine</a> and the viscounts and Bishops of Le Mans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFanning197830_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFanning197830-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 971 Geoffrey secured the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Le_Mans" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans">see of Le Mans</a> for his ally Bishop Seinfroy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFanning197829_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFanning197829-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 973 Geoffrey had married his daughter <a href="/wiki/Ermengarde-Gerberga_of_Anjou" title="Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou">Ermengarde-Gerberga</a> to <a href="/wiki/Conan_I_of_Rennes" title="Conan I of Rennes">Conan I of Rennes</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Conan began to oppose Geoffrey and in 982 the two met at the first battle of <a href="/wiki/Conquereuil" title="Conquereuil">Conquereuil</a> with Geoffrey defeating Conan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geoffrey had influence in Aquitaine by way of his mother Gerberga and then of his sister Adelaide-Blanche's first marriage to the powerful baron Stephen, Count of Gevaudan and Forez, after whose death the lands were ruled by Adelaide.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nephews Pons and Bertrand succeeded as counts there and his niece Adalmode married Adelbert, Count of Marche and Périgord. In 975 Geoffrey had his brother Guy appointed Count and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Le_Puy-en-Velay" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay">Bishop of Le Puy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 982 Geoffrey married his now widowed sister <a href="/wiki/Adelaide-Blanche_of_Anjou" title="Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou">Adelaide-Blanche</a> to the fifteen-year-old <a href="/wiki/Louis_V_of_France" title="Louis V of France">Louis V of France</a>, the two being crowned <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aquitaine" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Aquitaine">King and Queen of Aquitaine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the marriage to a woman thirty years his senior failed as did Geoffrey's plans to control Aquitaine through his young son-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of his first wife Adele, Geoffrey married secondly Adelaise de Châlon and for nearly a decade exerted control over the county of Châlons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through the marriage of his son Fulk III to Elisabeth, the heiress of <a href="/wiki/List_of_counts_and_dukes_of_Vend%C3%B4me" title="List of counts and dukes of Vendôme">Vendôme</a>, Geoffrey brought that county into the Angevin sphere of influence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978297_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978297-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time Geoffrey made Fulk his co-ruler, and died shortly thereafter while besieging the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%A7on" title="Marçon">Marçon</a> on 21 July 987.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199316_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199316-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married <a href="/wiki/Adele_of_Meaux" title="Adele of Meaux">Adele of Meaux</a> (934–982), daughter of <a href="/wiki/Robert_of_Vermandois" title="Robert of Vermandois">Robert of Vermandois</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Adelais de Vergy. Their children were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ermengarde-Gerberga_of_Anjou" title="Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou">Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou</a> (b. 956), married <a href="/wiki/Conan_I_of_Rennes" title="Conan I of Rennes">Conan I of Rennes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She married, secondly, <a href="/wiki/William_II_of_Angoul%C3%AAme" title="William II of Angoulême">William II of Angoulême</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulk_III_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk III of Anjou">Fulk III of Anjou</a> (970-1040), he succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Geoffrey of Anjou (971-977), died young.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311–12_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311–12-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>He married, secondly, to Adelaide de Chalon<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200125_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBouchard200125-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had: </p> <ul><li>Maurice of Anjou, destined to become a Count<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBijard202266–67_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBijard202266–67-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the Nevers-Loire march, he failed and then assisted his brother in Angers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993113_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993113-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199377-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199377_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993262_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 262.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach19939_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECohende_Jong2001193_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCohende_Jong2001">Cohen & de Jong 2001</a>, p. 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199382-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199382_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 82.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978295_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1978">Bachrach 1978</a>, p. 295.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFanning197830-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFanning197830_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFanning1978">Fanning 1978</a>, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFanning197829-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFanning197829_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFanning1978">Fanning 1978</a>, p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199315_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978296_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1978">Bachrach 1978</a>, p. 296.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978297-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach1978297_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1978">Bachrach 1978</a>, p. 297.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199316-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199316_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200119_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBouchard2001">Bouchard 2001</a>, p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311–12-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBachrach199311–12_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBachrach1993">Bachrach 1993</a>, pp. 11–12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBouchard200125-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBouchard200125_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBouchard2001">Bouchard 2001</a>, p. 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBijard202266–67-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBijard202266–67_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBijard2022">Bijard 2022</a>, pp. 66–67.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBachrach1993113-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou </div><div><b>House of Ingelger</b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 938/940</span></span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 21 July 987</span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fulk_II_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk II of Anjou">Fulk II</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Count_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Count of Anjou">Count of Anjou</a> </b><br />960–987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fulk_III_of_Anjou" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk III of Anjou">Fulk III</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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