Bubba and Christine: Wrenn, Bubba wrote: >>From my research he died young. > Correct, he died at age 24. (ES II:82 gives the dates: 1 Jun 1134-26 Jul 1158); unmarried [BP(MCMLXIII):lviii] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Christine Zender [mailto:zenderconnection@hotmail.com] >Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 1:17 AM >To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PDP] Geoffrey VI "the Mantell" (or Martel) Plantagenet > > >Does anyone have any historical information on: > >Geoffrey VI "Mantell" /PLANTAGENET/ [COUNT OF NANTES] > Aside from the above found in Burke's Peerage and Europaische Stammtafeln, there is a brief bio on him found in John Cannon & Ralph Griffiths, "The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1998, pp. 88-9. Also see Mike Ashley, "The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens," Carol & Graf Publishers, Inc., NY, 1000. p. 520. While he didn't have a great number of personal acomplishments, he was politically very important to his older brother, Henry II of England. Jim p.s. "Martel" meant "hammer" and was the nickname of Geoffrey II, Geoffrey VI's 3rd great uncle. >son of Geoffrey V "le Bon" /PLANTAGENET/ [COUNT OF ANJOU] and Matilda (Maud) >Empress Of /GERMANY/ [PRINCESS OF ENGLAND] > >Born: 3 Jun 1134 , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France (or Argentan, Normandy, >France) > >Died: 28 Jul 1158, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France > >He's the younger brother of Henry II. > >I have yet, to find any information on Geoffrey VI other than his birth and >death dates. If you have any information at all on him, please email me. > >Thankyou, > >Anne Christine > >