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Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais

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Geoffrey II, de Château-Landon (died 1043–46) was the Count of Gâtinais. He was the son of Hugues du Perche, Count of Gâtinais, by Béatrice de Mâcon, the daughter of Aubry II de Mâcon. About 1035 he married Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Fulk III, Count of Anjou. After Geoffrey's death she married secondly Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.

Issue

Together, Geoffrey and Ermengarde had:

  • Hildegarde de Château-Landon, married c.1060 to Joscelin I, Lord of Courtenay; his famous son was Joscelin I, Count of Edessa by a different wife.
  • Geoffrey III (1040 - 1096)
  • Fulk IV (1043 - 1109)

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