Geoffrey I (Gauzfred I) (d. after 985), possibly the son of Geoffroy, Viscount of Chartres, is the first Viscount of Châteaudun[1] and thus regarded as the founder of the House of Châteaudun, vassal of the House of Blois.
It is assumed that Geoffrey descended from Rorgon I, Count of Maine, and therefore part of the Rogonid/Rorgonid dynasty.[2] Little is known about Geoffrey, other than he was closely associated with Hardouin, Archbishop of Tours.
Geoffrey married Ermengarde of an unknown family and had one child:
- Hugues, Viscount of Châteaudun
Geoffrey was succeeded by his son as Viscount of Châteaudun upon his death. There are differing accounts about Geoffrey and his offspring. One prominent theory is that Geoffrey and Hughes were the same person, and that Ermengarde was Geoffrey’s first wife, and Hildegard, the wife of Hughes, was his second.
References edit
- ^ Bigot, Victor (1875). Histoire abrégée de l’abbaye de Saint-Florentin de Bonneval. Châteaudun: H. Lecesne.
- ^ Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1997). Family Trees and the Roots of Politics : The Prosopography of Britain and France From the Tenth to the Twelfth Century. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. pp. 121–123. ISBN 9780851156255.
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