Geoffrey II (died 1040),
Viscount of Châteaudun
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In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
and
Count of Perche The county of Perche was a medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine (province), Maine.
It was held by an independent line of counts until 1226. One of these, Geoffroy V, would have been a leader of the Fourth Crusade had he not died before ...
(as Geoffrey I), son of
Fulcois, Count of Mortagne, and
Melisende, Viscountess of Châteaudun Melisende (died before 1040), was the ruling Viscountess of Châteaudun in 1026–1030.
She was the daughter of Hugues I, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Hildegarde of Perche. She inherited the fief from her brother in 1026.
Very little is known a ...
. Some sources say that he became Viscount of Châteaudun following his uncle
Hugues II’ appointment as Archbishop of Tours. At that point, he was probably under the regency of his mother.
He broke with his relatives in the nobility of Blois and began hostilities against
Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres. An unsuccessfully attempt to enlist the aid of
Theobald III, Count of Blois
Theobald III of Blois (French: ''Thibaut'') (1012–1089) was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was captured in 1044 by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, and exchanged the county of Touraine for his freedom. Theobald used his nephew's involvement w ...
, and
Robert the Pious
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Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted h ...
in his quest resulted in his excommunication in 1029. Only his building of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Châteaudun redeemed him in the eyes of the church.
In 1040, while he was at Chartres, a riot broke out against his presence, and he was murdered.
Geoffrey married Helvise (Elizabeth) de Corbon, daughter of Rainard, Lord of Pithiviers, and his wife Helvise. Geoffrey and Helvise had three children:
* Geoffroy (d. between 1015 and 1028)
*
Hugues III, Viscount of Châteaudun, I Count of Perche
*
Rotrou II, Count of Perche, I Viscount of Châteaudun.
Geoffrey was succeeded as Viscount of Châteaudun and Count of Perche by his son Hugues.
Sources
*Settipani, Christian, Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés, dans Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval, Oxford, Linacre, Unit for Prosopographical Research, 2000
Medieval Lands Project, Vicomtes de Châteaudun
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1040 deaths
Year of birth unknown
11th-century French people
Counts of Perche
Viscounts of Châteaudun