Geoffrey, Count of Eu
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Geoffrey of Brionne was Count of Eu and Brionne in the early eleventh century.
, we know very little of his life. The name of his mother is unknown.
According to Robert Torigni, Geoffrey probably received the title of Count of Eu from his half-brother, Duke Richard II. Whether he was given the title of Count of Brionne is doubtful. Orderic Vitalis
wrote that Geoffrey's father gave him the castle and the county of Brionne, Robert Torigni speaks instead of a simple assignment of the fortress, according to the last testament of Richard II.
Biography
Although he was an illegitimate son of Duke Richard I of NormandyRichard I of Normandy
Richard I of Normandy , also known as Richard the Fearless , was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996; he is considered the first to have held that title.-Birth:He was born to William I of Normandy, ruler of Normandy, and Sprota...
, we know very little of his life. The name of his mother is unknown.
According to Robert Torigni, Geoffrey probably received the title of Count of Eu from his half-brother, Duke Richard II. Whether he was given the title of Count of Brionne is doubtful. Orderic Vitalis
Orderic Vitalis
Orderic Vitalis was an English chronicler of Norman ancestry who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th and 12th century Normandy and Anglo-Norman England. The modern biographer of Henry I of England, C...
wrote that Geoffrey's father gave him the castle and the county of Brionne, Robert Torigni speaks instead of a simple assignment of the fortress, according to the last testament of Richard II.
Marriage and children
By an unknown wife, he had a son:- Gilbert, Count of BrionneGilbert, Count of BrionneGilbert was a Norman noble, Count of Eu, and Count of Brionne in northern France.-Parentage:Gilbert was son of Geoffrey, Count of Eu who was an illegitimate child of Richard the Fearless.-Life:...
, who succeeded him as head of the county of Eu.