Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou

Geoffrey ‘Plantagenet’ (1113-51), count of Anjou (1129-51) and duke of Normandy (1144-51), became the husband of Henry I's designated heiress, the Empress Matilda, on 17 June 1128. His political ambitions seem always to have been restricted to the traditional aim of the counts of Anjou, the conquest of Normandy. He never visited England during the civil war between his wife and King Stephen, which began in 1135, but his eventual conquest of the duchy in 1144 had a huge impact on Britain's history because it laid the foundation on which their son Henry II built the Angevin empire.

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Geoffrey IV of Anjou, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was count of Anjou with his father Fulk IV from 1098 to 1106. He revolted against the policies of his father and was assassinated in 1106, possibly at the instigation of his father.

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