NameCount Geoffrey PLANTAGENET205,285
BirthSep 1158206
Death1186205
MotherQueen Eleanor OF AQUITAINE (1122-1204)
Marriage1181205
SpouseCountess Constance OF BRITTANY205,295
Children
Birth1187205
Deathca 1203205
Notes for Count Geoffrey PLANTAGENET
Named for Henry’s brother; Count of Brittany206

Knighted by his father in 1178, Geoffrey developed a passion for tournament and intrigue which finally killed him. It was at a tournament in Paris, whither he had gone to plot with Philip II in 1186, that he was mortally wounded.205
Notes for Countess Constance OF BRITTANY
Widow of Geoffrey Plantagenet and mother of Arthur of Brittany. Ranulf used this tenuous connection to style himself Duke of Brittainy.295
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