Geoffrey V of Anjou

Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Fair or Plantagenet, was Count of Anjou and Maine from 1129 and Duke of Normandy from 1144. The elder son of Fulk V and Ermengarde of Maine, he was knighted in 1128 by Henry I of England and married his daughter, the Empress Matilda.

Matilda returned to her father's court after a few months, but Henry intervened and she went back to Geoffrey. During the ensuing civil war he conquered Normandy and entered Rouen in 1144. His son by Matilda became Henry II of England, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty named from Geoffrey's broom-plant byname. Geoffrey died of fever at Château-du-Loir and was buried at Le Mans.