Geoffrey, Count of Eu

Abt 953 - Abt 1015  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Geoffrey , Count of Eu  [1]
  Suffix	Count of Eu
  Born	Abt 953	Brionne, Normandy, France   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1015  [4]
  Notes	Geoffrey of Brionne (962 - died after 1023), was Count of Eu and Brionne in the early eleventh century. Biography Although he was an illegitimate son of Duke Richard I of Normandy, 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. Marriage and children By an unknown wife, he had a son: Gilbert, Count of Brionne, who succeeded him as head of the county of Eu. Geoffrey of Brionne (962 - c. 1010), also called Godfrey was Count of Eu and Brionne[a] in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. Life He was an illegitimate son of Duke Richard I of Normandy, by an unnamed concubine. The county of Eu was an appanage created for Geoffrey by his brother Richard II of Normandy in 996 as part of Richard's policy of granting honors and titles for cadet members of his family. The citadel of Eu played a critical part of the defense of Normandy[3]; the castle and walled town were on the river Bresle, just two miles from the English Channel. It had long been an embarkation point for England and in time of war was often one of the first place attacked. The castle of Brionne had been held by the Dukes of Normandy as one of their own homes but Richard II also made a gift of Brionne to his half-brother Geoffrey, who held it for life passing it to his son Gilbert and was only returned to the demesne of the Duke after his murder. Both Geoffrey (Godfrey) and his son Gilbert are styled counts in a diploma to Lisieux given by Duke Richard II, but without territorial designations. Geoffrey died c. 1010. Issue Geoffrey was the father of: Gilbert, Count of Brionne, who succeeded his father as Count of Eu & Brionne.
  Person ID	I1772	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Richard, I Duke of Normandy,   b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France ,   d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Unknown
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F504	Group Sheet

  
  

  Children	1. Gilbert, Count of Brionne,   b. Abt 1000, Normandy, France ,   d. 1040, Eschafour  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F1517	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey,_Count_of_Eu. [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;). [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;). [S188] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED).