Geoffrey VI (Geoffroy VI) (died 6 February 1250) was a
Viscount of Châteaudun. He was the son of
Geoffrey V, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Adelicia de Nevers. Although Adelicia's ancestry is not precisely known, she is likely the daughter of
William IV, Count of Nevers William IV, (French: ''Guillaume IV'', c. 1130 – Acre, 24 October 1168) was count of Nevers, Auxerre, and Tonnerre from 1161 until his death.
Family
William was a son of William III, Count of Nevers and Ida of Sponheim, and the older brother o ...
, and
Eléonore, Countess of Vermandois
Eleanor of Vermandois (French: ''Éléonore'' or ''Aliéonor'' or ''Aénor de Vermandois'', 1148 or 1149 – 19 or 21 June 1213) was reigning countess of Vermandois and Counts and dukes of Valois, Valois in 1182–1213 and by marriage countes ...
.
Geoffrey married twice and produced two famous daughters. His first wife was Mabile, of an unknown ancestry. Geoffrey and Mabile had three children: Pierre (d. after 1251), a monk at an unknown abbey, Isabelle and Odette.
Geoffrey's second wife was Clemence de Roches, widow of
Theobald VI, Count of Blois
Theobald VI of Blois (French: ''Thibaut'') (died 1218) was count of Blois and Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1205 to 1218.
He was son of Louis I of Blois and Catherine of Clermont.
Theobald married twice: with Maud ...
. Geoffrey and Clemence had two children:
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Clemence, Viscountess of Châteaudun married Robert de Dreux, Seigneur de Beau, son of
Robert III “Gasteblé”, Count of Dreux, great-grandson of
Louis VI the Fat, King of France. Clemence's husband became the last Viscount of Châteaudun.
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Jeanne, Dame de Châteaudun married first
John I, Count of Montfort secondly,
John II of Brienne,
Grand Butler of France The Grand Butler of France () was one of the great offices of state in France, existing between the Middle Ages and the Revolution of 1789. Originally responsible for the maintenance of the Royal vineyards, and provisioning the court with wine, the ...
, son of
John of Brienne
John of Brienne ( 1170 – 19–23 March 1237), also known as John I, was the king of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy nobleman in Cham ...
, King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople, and
Berenguela of León.
Geoffrey was succeeded by his daughter Clemence, who became the Viscountess of Châteaudun.
References
Sources
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Further reading
* Settipani, Christian, ''Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés, dans Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval'', Oxford, Linacre, Unit for Prosopographical Research, 2000
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Europäische Stammtafeln
''Europäische Stammtafeln'' - German for ''European Family Trees'' - is a series of twenty-nine books which contain sets of genealogical tables of the most influential families of Medieval European history. It is a standard reference work for t ...
, ''Vol. III, Les Vicomtes de Châteaudun''
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1250 deaths
Year of birth unknown
13th-century French nobility
Viscounts of Châteaudun
Christians of the Sixth Crusade