Geoffrey, Count of Nantes

Geoffrey
Count of Nantes
Born1 June 1134
Rouen or Argentan, Normandy
Died27 July 1158(1158-07-27) (aged 24)
Nantes
HousePlantagenet
FatherGeoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
MotherEmpress Matilda

Geoffrey VI (1 June 1134[1] – 27 July 1158)[2][3] was Count of Nantes from 1156 to 1158. He was also known as Geoffrey of Anjou and Geoffrey FitzEmpress. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Empress Matilda. His brothers were Henry II of England and William FitzEmpress.

  1. ^ Henry Project, Geoffrey V "le Bel" or "Plantagenet"
  2. ^ Warren, W L, Henry II, pgs. 45–47, Univ. of California Press, 1973
  3. ^ Weir, Alison Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life p 78, (New York, Ballantine Books, 1999)