Geoffrey I Grisegonelle

count of Anjou

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Geoffrey I Grisegonelle was the count of Anjou from approximately 960 to 987. He was a key figure in the first Angevin dynasty and initiated a policy of territorial expansion for the region. Geoffrey I supported Hugh Capet in his bid for the French crown. His successor, Fulk III Nerra, significantly expanded Angevin lands and built numerous castles. The region of Anjou itself has a long history, organized in the Gallo-Roman period and later becoming a countship and then a duchy. It faced Viking raids in the 9th century before the first Angevin dynasty began to consolidate power.12

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First dynasty of counts
Geoffrey I Grisegonelle, who succeeded Fulk II in about 960, began the policy of expansion that was to characterize this first feudal dynasty. He helped Hugh Capet to seize the French crown but died some months after the new king’s accession (987).
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Geoffrey I Grisegonelle, who succeeded Fulk II in about 960, began the policy of expansion that was to characterize this first feudal dynasty. He helped Hugh Capet to seize the French crown but died some months after the new king’s accession (987).
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