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Feb 24, 2013 · In November 1179 Geoffrey was in Paris to witness the coronation of King Philip. Geoffrey and Constance married in 1181. By 1184 unrest stirred again. The Young King’s death during his rebellion against Henry in 1183 elevated Richard to the role of Henry’s heir.
There is evidence to suggest that Geoffrey was planning another rebellion with Philip's help during his final period in Paris in the summer of 1186. As a participant in so many rebellions against his father, Geoffrey acquired a reputation for treachery.
Rebellion. It was early in 1173 that Geoffrey first began to participate in the quarrels which notoriously split the Plantagenet family. Eleanor believed that Henry the Young should be given England, Anjou or Normandy to rule. Henry II refused and Eleanor began to develop plans to overthrow of her husband.
Oct 17, 2015 · Geoffrey for reasons best known to himself sided with teen-age John and provided an army to try and take Aquitaine from Richard by force. The next thing that he knew Richard was invading Brittany rather effectively.
Mar 10, 2023 · Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1155) is one of the most characteristic writers of the decisive renewal of western literature from 1100 to 1200, a renewal to which Haskins was the first to draw attention.
Quick Reference. (1158–86). The trouble-making third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He became duke of Brittany (initially in name only) in 1166 when his father invaded Brittany and forced ... From: Geoffrey of Brittany in The Oxford Companion to British History » Subjects: History — Regional and National History. Reference entries.
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Geoffrey II of Brittany, son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, became duke of Brittany jure uxoris after his marriage to Constance, daughter of Conan IV. He died in 1186 at the age of 27.
