Geoffrey II, de Château-Landon (died 1043 or 1046) was the Count of
Gâtinais
Gâtinais () or Gâtine () was a province of France, containing the area around the valley of the Loing, corresponding roughly to the northeastern part of the département of Loiret, and the south of the present department of Seine-et-Marne. Unde ...
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[John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage'', Edited by Peter Townsend (Burke's Peerage Ltd.,London, 1963)p. xciii][Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 82] He was the son of
Hugues du Perche, Count of Gâtinais, by Béatrice de Mâcon, the daughter of Aubry II de Mâcon.
[Kate Norgate, ''England Under the Angevin Kings'', Vol. I (Macmillan and Co., London, New York, 1887), p. 250] About 1035 he married
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy
Ermengarde of Anjou ( – 18 March 1076), known as ''Blanche'', was a Duchess consort of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Count Fulk III of Anjou and Hildegarde of Sundgau. She was sometimes known as ''Ermengarde-Blanche.''
She married Geoffrey ...
, daughter of
Fulk III, Count of Anjou
Fulk III, the Black ( 987–1040; fro, Foulque Nerra), was an early count of Anjou celebrated as one of the first great builders of medieval castles. It is estimated Fulk constructed approximately 100 castles, along with abbeys throughout the Lo ...
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[Jim Bradbury, 'Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets', ''Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown'', Ed. Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher J. Holdsworth, Janet L. Nelson (The Boydell Press, 1989), p. 27] After Geoffrey's death she married secondly
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Robert I (1011 – 21 March 1076), known as Robert the Old and " fro, Tête-Hardi, lit=the Headstrong", was Duke of Burgundy from 1032 to his death. Robert was the son of King Robert II of France and Constance of Arles. His brother was Henry ...
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Issue
Together, Geoffrey and Ermengarde had:
*Hildegarde de Château-Landon, married c.1060 to
Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay
Jocelyn I de Courtenay (1034-after 1069), son of Athon, Châtelain de Châteaurenard, Seigneur de Courtenay. Very little is known about his life other than his two marriages. He first married Hildegarde de Château-Landon, daughter of Geoffrey ...
;
his famous son was
Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
Joscelin of Courtenay (or Joscelin I) (died 1131), Prince of Galilee and Lord of Turbessel (1115–1131) and Count of Edessa (1119–1131), ruled over the County of Edessa during its zenith, from 1118 to 1131. Captured twice, Joscelin continue ...
by a different partner.
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Geoffrey III (1040 - 1096)
*
Fulk IV (1043 - 1109)
References
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Medieval French nobility
1040s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain