Geoffrey also names him as one of three sons of Constantine III, along with Constans II and Uther Pendragon.

* 1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.

Two lords – Theobald V, Count of Blois, son of the Count of Champagne, and Geoffrey, Count of Nantes ( brother of Henry II, Duke of Normandy ) – tried to kidnap Eleanor to marry her and claim her lands on Eleanor's way to Poitiers.

Eleanor and Henry were cousins to the third degree through their common ancestor, Ermengarde of Anjou ( wife to Robert I, Duke of Burgundy and Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais ); they were also both descendants of Robert II of France.

He was joined by troops sent by his brother Geoffrey and Philip II of France.

13th-century depiction of Henry II of England | Henry II and John's siblings: ( l to r ) William IX, Count of Poitiers | William, Henry the Young King | Henry, Richard I of England | Richard, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony | Matilda, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Geoffrey, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile | Eleanor, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily | Joan and John

Richard refused to give up Aquitaine ; Henry II was furious and ordered John, with help from Geoffrey, to march south and retake the duchy by force.

After Richard's death on 6 April 1199 there were two potential claimants to the Angevin throne: John, whose claim rested on being the sole surviving son of Henry II, and young Arthur of Brittany, who held a claim as the son of Geoffrey, John's elder brother.

He brought Jerusalem into the sphere of the Angevin Empire, as the father of Geoffrey V of Anjou and grandfather of the future Henry II of England.

The conflict spread across England and Kenilworth was garrisoned by Henry II's forces ; Geoffrey II de Clinton died in this period and the castle was taken fully into royal possession, a sign of its military importance.

Geoffrey V of Anjou married Mathilde in the cathedral, where Henry II Plantagenet, king of England, was baptized.

The death of Henry's fourth son, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany in 1186 began a new round of disputes, as Henry insisted that he retain the guardianship of the duchy for his unborn grandson Arthur I, Duke of Brittany.

He was also an elder brother of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ; Leonora of England, Queen of Castile ; Joan of England ; and John, Count of Mortain, who succeeded him as king.

Henry II planned to divide his and his wife's territories between their sons, of which there were three at the time ; Henry would become King of England and have control of Anjou, Maine, and Normandy, while Richard would inherit Aquitaine from his mother and become Count of Poitiers, and Geoffrey would get Brittany through marriage alliance with Constance, the heiress to the region.

Henry the Young King abandoned his father and left for the French court seeking the protection of Louis VII ; he was soon followed by his younger brothers, Richard and Geoffrey, while the 5-year-old John remained with Henry II.

* 1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ( d. 1186 )

Geoffrey and Matilda's son, the future King Henry II, mounted a small mercenary invasion of England in 1147 but the expedition failed, not least because Henry lacked the funds to pay his men.

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* Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

* Geoffrey, illegitimate son of Henry II of England ( approximate date ; d. 1212 )

His historical sources include easily identifiable passages from Livy, Suetonius, Plutarch and other classical historians, as well as from medieval chroniclers such as Geoffrey of Villehardouin and Jean Froissart.

* Geoffrey of Villehardouin, French chronicler ( d. c. ( 1212 )

The main source document for this battle comes from the Chronicles of Geoffrey de Villehardouin.

Boniface and the other leaders sent envoys to Venice, Genoa, and other city-states to negotiate a contract for transport to Egypt, the object of their crusade ; one of the envoys was the future historian Geoffrey of Villehardouin.

* Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea

Writing thirty years later, Geoffrey de Villehardouin, who had known Dandolo personally, stated, " Although his eyes appeared normal, he could not see a hand in front of his face, having lost his sight after a head wound.

When the Crusaders took Constantinople ( 1204 ), they found some Paulicians, whom the historian Geoffrey of Villehardouin calls Popelicans.

Geoffrey of Villehardouin ( in French: Geoffroi de Villehardouin ) ( 1160 – c. 1212 ) was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade.

Ηis full title was: " Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne and of Romenie ".

Villehardouin's nephew ( also named Geoffrey ) Geoffrey I of Villehardouin went on to become Prince of Achaea in Morea ( the medieval name for the Peloponnesus ) in 1209.

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* Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea

In 1249, Mystras became the seat of the Latin Principality of Achaea, established in 1205 after the conquest of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade, and Prince William II Villehardouin, a grand-nephew of the Fourth Crusade historian Geoffrey of Villehardouin, built a palace there.

Achaea was founded in 1205 by William of Champlitte and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, who undertook to conquer the Peloponnese on behalf of Boniface of Montferrat, King of Thessalonica.

He was succeeded by Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, who ruled until his own death in 1219.

According to Geoffrey of Villehardouin she could not join him in the crusade earlier as she was pregnant at the time of his departure.

* Geoffrey of Villehardouin, De la Conquête de Constantinople

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According to Geoffrey of Villehardouin, it was for this reason that the Fourth Crusade did not attack the city from this side.

Marco died in 1227, two years after Otto de la Roche, the first duke of Athens, departed for France, three years after the Kingdom of Thessalonica collapsed, and a short while before the death of Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea.

She married Geoffrey II of Villehardouin, prince of Achaea, in 1217.