House of Château-Landon

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Château-Landon - also Second House Anjou - is the name given to the descendants of Geoffroy Ferréol of Château-Landon , Count of Gâtinais , who, through his descendants, is at the head of the later English royal family of the Plantagenet .

Through his marriage to the daughter of Count Fulko III. from Anjou the family came into possession of this county. His grandson Fulko V became King of Jerusalem by marriage in 1131 , his son Gottfried V also became Duke of Normandy by marriage and father of Henry II , King of England .

Gottfried's habit of wearing a broom twig as a helmet ornament (Latin: planta genesta, French: plante genet) led to his nickname Plantagenet, which was passed on to his descendants and led to their dynastic name.

Tribe list

  1. Geoffroy Ferréol of Château-Landon († 1043/46), Count of Gâtinais ⚭ around 1035 Ermengarde of Anjou , daughter of Count Fulko III. ( First house Anjou )
    1. Gottfried III. the bearded (Geoffroi III le Barbu ) († 1097) Count of Anjou 1060–1068, Count of Gâtinais, ⚭ Julienne, daughter of his vassal Hamelin of Langeais, expelled by his brother Fulko IV.
    2. Fulko IV the brawler (Foulque IV le Réchin ) (1043–1109), Count of Anjou from 1068, Count of Tours , cedes the Gâtinais to the king, ⚭ I. (1068) Hildegarde of Beaugency († before 1070), Daughter of Count Lancelin II of Beaugency, ⚭ II. Ermengarde of Bourbon, daughter of Lord Archambaud IV of Bourbon, divorced ⚭ III. (presumably) Ermengarde von Châtellailon, expelled, IV. (presumably) unknown daughter of Walter I of Brienne , expelled, ⚭ V. Bertrada von Montfort , daughter of Simon I of Montfort-l'Amaury ( House Montfort-l 'Amaury ), kidnapped by King Philip I.
      1. (I.) Irmgard (Ermengarde) (1068–1146) ⚭ I. (around 1089; divorced 1092), Wilhelm IX. Count of Poitou , Duke of Aquitaine (1071–1126) ( Ramnulfiden ), ⚭ II. (1093) Alain IV. Fergeant of Brittany († 1119)
      2. (II.) Gottfried IV. Martel (Geoffroy IV Martel ) († 1106), hereditary count
      3. (V.) Fulko V. the boy (Foulque V le Jeune ) (1095–1143) Count of Anjou 1109–1129, Count of Maine from 1110, King of Jerusalem since 1131, ⚭ I. (before 1110) Eremburg (1091– 1126), Countess of Maine, daughter of Elias of Beaugency , Earl of Main (see Second House Maine ); ⚭ II. (1129) Melisende , Queen of Jerusalem
        1. (I.) Gottfried V. Plantagenet (Geoffroy V le Bel or Plante Genêt ), (1113–1151) Count of Anjou from 1129, Count of Maine, Count of Tours , Duke of Normandy 1144–1150; → For descendants see House Plantagenet
        2. (I.) Sibylla († 1165), 1158 nun in Bethany ( Palestine ) ⚭ I. (divorced 1124) William Clito (1102–1128) ( Rollonids ); ⚭ II. (1134) Dietrich Count of Flanders († 1168)
        3. (I.) Elias II. († 1151), Earl of Maine
        4. (II.) Matilda († 1154) ⚭ William Ætheling († 1120)
        5. (II.) Baldwin III. (1131–1162) King of Jerusalem since 1143, ⚭ (1158) Theodora Komnena (* around 1145/46; † after 1185)
        6. (II.) Amalrich I (1136–1174) King of Jerusalem since 1162, ⚭ I. (canceled 1162) Agnes of Edessa († around 1184), ⚭ II. Maria Komnena (* 1154; † before 1217)
          1. (I.) Baldwin IV the Leper (1161–1185) King of Jerusalem 1174–1183
          2. (I.) Sibylle († 1190) ⚭ I. Wilhelm von Montferrat († 1177), ⚭ II. Guido von Lusignan, King of Jerusalem 1186–1192, King of Cyprus 1192–1194
            1. (I.) Baldwin V (1177–1186) King of Jerusalem since 1183
          3. (II.) Isabella I. († around 1208) ⚭ I. (November 1183, divorced 1190) Humfried IV. Of Toron , ⚭ II. (1190) Konrad Margrave of Montferrat († 1192), ⚭ III. (1192) Heinrich II. Count of Champagne († 1197) King of Jerusalem 1192–1197, ⚭ IV. Amalrich von Lusignan, King of Cyprus, King of Jerusalem (in Akko ) 1197–1205
            1. (II.) Maria (* after April 15, 1191; † 1212) ⚭ 1210 John of Brienne († 1237) King of Jerusalem

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