Earl of Anjou

Family: Anjou · Role: earl · First appears: A.D. 1110–1116

Life events

• 1110 · The Earl of Anjou succeeded to Maine and held it against King Henry.(A.D. 1110–1116 · 📍 Maine)
  • With: King Henry
  • “and after his death the Earl of Anjou succeeded to it, and held it against the king.”
• 1119 · William married the daughter of the Earl of Anjou.(A.D. 1117–1122 · 📍 Normandy)
  • With: William son of King Henry King Henry Queen Matilda
  • “This year went William, the son of King Henry and Queen Matilda, into Normandy to his father, and there was given to him, and wedded to wife, the daughter of the Earl of Anjou.”

A.D. 1110–1116

• enemies with King Henry “And in August he went over sea into Normandy, on account of the broils that some had with him by the confines of France, and chiefly on account of the Earl of Anjou, who held Maine against him.”

A.D. 1117–1122

• enemies with King Henry “All this year abode the King Henry in Normandy on account of the war of the King of France and the Earl of Anjou, and the Earl of Flanders.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.