Geoffrey II, surnamed Jordan, was the lord of Preuilly from 1067 (as Geoffrey III) and

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from 1085, the son of Geoffrey II of Preuilly and Almodis of Blois. When his brother-in-law Bouchard III died, he inherited Vendôme. He took part in the war between the brothers, the

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, Geoffrey III and Fulk IV. He originally supported Fulk, but reversed his allegiance and was imprisoned by Lancelin de Beaugency only to be released in 1090 with a ransom. He followed his predecessors into conflict with the

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and was excommunicated. In penitence, he took part in the

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as part of the army of William IX and died in 1102 a prisoner in Arab hands following the siege of Ascalon. With his wife, Euphrosine, sister of Bouchard IV, he had three sons: *, who succeeded in Vendôme * Escivard, who succeeded in Preuilly * Engelbaud (1062–1115),

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Geoffrey had donated a church to the abbey of La Trinité of

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which Euphrosyne took back after his death. She was later forced to return the church and excommunicated.

Sources

* Comtes de Vendôme (Seigneurs de Preuilly) (

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) * Prof. J. S. C. Riley-Smith, Prof, Jonathan Phillips, Dr. Alan V. Murray, Dr. Guy Perry, Dr. Nicholas Morton, A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1099-1149 (availabl
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