Our Family History and Ancestry

Our family Histories

Geoffroy I de Châteaudun, Comte de Mortagne & du Perche[1, 2]

Male Abt 1042 - 1100  (58 years)


Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Geoffroy I de Châteaudun 
    Suffix Comte de Mortagne & du Perche 
    Nickname Count De Perche 
    Born Abt 1042  Perche, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Comte, du Perche, Sieur, de Mortagne, de Nogent-le-Rotrou 
    Occupation Count of Perche and Mortagne; fought at battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) 
    Occupation Count of Perche and Mortagne; fought at battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) 
    Occupation Count of Perche and Mortagne; fought at battle of Hastings (14 October 1066), COUNT OF PERCHE, Comte, du Perche, Sieur, de Mortagne, de Nogent-le-Rotrou, greve i Perche, Count de Mortagne et tu Perche, count 
    Occupation Count de Perche and Mortagne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    unknown 
    Died Oct 1100  Perche, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St Dionysius Monastery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} Source: ''The Conqueror and His Companions'' by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. Online at http://patp.us/genealogy/conq/perche.aspx

      '''GEOFFREY, SON OF ROTROU, SEIGNEUR DE MORTAGNE'''

      Guillaume de Poitiers distinctly enumerates "Godfredus Rotronis Moritoniæ comitus filius" as one of the combatants at Senlac, and "De Meaine il viel Geffrai" is considered by Monsieur le Prévost a misreading for "De Mortaigne," Duchesne's MS. reading "Marreigne." There is certainly no reason for believing that Geoffrey de Mayenne, the implacable enemy of William the Conqueror, took any part whatever in the invasion of England in I066; but I think Wace was misled by some report to believe he did, because the epithet "le viel" would not at all apply to Geoffrey de Mortagne, who was very young at that period, and did not succeed his father, Rotrou 1, Vicornte de Châteaudun and Comte de Mortagne, for at least thirteen years after the Conquest, as the Count was certainly living in 1079, at the time of the dedication of the Church of St. Denis de Nogent, the; precise date of his death being unknown.

      Guillaume de Poitiers so completely identifies his man by describing him as "the son of Rotrou, Count of Mortagne,'" that whatever the mistake may be in the "Roman de Rou," I am justified in preferring the archdeacon's authority, particularly as it is supported by the testimony of Orderic, who gives Geoffrey a very high character. "This Count," he tells us, "was magnanimous, handsome, and strong; he feared God, was a devout friend of the Church, a staunch protector of her clergy and the poor. In peace he was gentle and courteous, and of most obliging manners; in war he was powerful and successful, and became formidable to the neighbouring princes who were his enemies.

      The nobility of his own birth and that of his wife Beatrice rendered him illustrious above all his compeers, and he had amongst his subjects warlike barons and brave governors of castles. He gave his daughters in marriage to men of the rank of counts: Margaret to Henry, Earl of Warwick, and Juliana to Gilbert de l'Aigle, from whom sprung a noble race of handsome children. The glory of Count Geofirey was exalted by such a progeny, and he maintained it by his valour and courage, his wealth, and alliances. Above all, having the fear of God, he feared no man, but marched boldly with a lion's port.

      Laying claim to the strong Castle of Domfront, which had belonged to his great-grandfather, Warin de Belesme, and other domains as his right, he endeavoured to dispossess his cousin Robert (de Belesme) of them. He was grieved to harass the unarmed and innocent, but he could not bring the public enemy (for such assuredly was Robert de Belesme) with whom he had a just quarrel to a fair field for deciding it.

      "Towards the close of the year 1100, Geoffrey fell sick unto death, and having called about him the lords of Le Perche and Le Corbonnais, who were vassals to him as Count of Mortagne, he put his affairs in order with great wisdom, praying them to keep his lands and strong places for his only son Rotrou, who had gone in pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Then the brave lord having duly received all the rites of the Church, and assumed the habit of a Cluniac monk, died in his Castle of Nogent-le-Rotrou in October 1100, and was buried in the church of the monastery of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, founded in 1030 by his grandfather, Geoffrey 1, and which he richly endowed with lands and other possessions."

      At the close of the year his son Rotrou returned in safety from the Holy Land, and took possession of his estates. On the fifth day after reaching home, being Sunday, he paid his devotions at the Church of St Denis, at Nogent, where his father had been buried, and made his offering on the altar of St. Denis, with the palms he had brought from Jerusalem.

      '''By his wife Beatrice, daughter of Hilduin, fourth Comte de Montdidier and Ronci, Geoffrey had besides Rotrou, who succeeded him, and the two daughters named above, a third, daughter named Mahaut or Mathilde, married first to Raymond l, Vicomte de Turenne, and secondly to Gui de las Tours, in Limousin.

      From his daughter Margaret, Countess of Warwick, descended the celebrated Beauchamps and Nevils, Earls of Warwick, and many other illustrious personages.'''

      ''Added to this site through the courtesy of Fred L. Curry, who provided a photocopy of the section.''
      ================================================
      Geoffrey du Perche et Mortaigne I, died 1100. He was the son of 12. Rotrou de Chateaudun I and 13. Adeline Domfront. He married 7. Beatrice de Montdidier.

      7. Beatrice de Montdidier She was the daughter of 14. Hildouin de Montdidier and 15. Alice de Roucy.

      Children of Geoffrey Mortaigne and Beatrice de Montdidier are:

      i. Julienne du Perche, married Gilbert l'Aigle 1091; born Bef. 1047.

      3 ii. Mahaut du Perche, born Bet. 1100 and 1105 in Perche, Normandy, France; died 18 May 1143; married Raymond de Turenne I 1122.

      iii. Margaret du Perche, born Abt. 1045; died Abt. 1136; married Henry de Beaumont de Newburgh Bef. 1100 in Perche, Normandy, France; born 1045 in Neubourg, Manche, France; died 1123 in Pontaudemer, Normandy, France.




      --------------------
      Comte de Perche et Mortagne
      --------------------
      Geoffrey fought in the "Battle of Hastings" in 1066 alongside William the Conqueror. His name appears on the "Dives-sur-Mer Roll" as Geoffrey du Perche, but on the "Battle Abbey Roll" and the "Falaise Roll" as Geoffrey, Seigneur de Mortagne. The book "Ecclesiastical History of Oderic Vitalis" by Margery Chibnall states; "Geoffrey du Perche, son of Rotrou of Mortagne and other Earls and Magnates too numerous to name received great revenues and fiefs in England from King William. So foreigners grew wealthy with the spoils of England, whilst her own sons were either shamefully slain or driven as exiles to wander hopelessly thru foreign kingdoms." In spite of the above statement regarding his acquisitions in England after the conquest, he is not found listed in the DOMESDAY BOOK of 1086 as a tenant-in-chief. If he received holdings from "The Conqueror" for his services rendered at the conquest, perhaps he disposed of those holdings and returned to Normandy before 1086.
    • Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (113A:25), he fought at the Battleof Hastings with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, but was not slain there. Thissource says he died Oct 1100.

      References: See Weis AR{74} [113A-25]. ES{233} iii, 677, 689. StuartRC{151} [249-30]. Moriarty{73} p. 49.

    • from "Our Folk" by Albert D Hart, Jr.
    • ?? Line 1709: (New PAF RIN=10336)
      1 NAME Geoffrey II, Count Of /PERCHE/
    • ?? Line 1709: (New PAF RIN=10336)
      1 NAME Geoffrey II, Count Of /PERCHE/
    • ?? Line 26480: (New PAF RIN=3870)
      1 NAME Geoffrey II, Count Of /PERCHE/
    • ?? Line 1709: (New PAF RIN=10336)
      1 NAME Geoffrey II, Count Of /PERCHE/
    • Line 6878 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
      NAME Geoffrey II Count Of /PERCHE/
    • ?? Line 1709: (New PAF RIN=10336)
      1 NAME Geoffrey II, Count Of /PERCHE/
    • ?? Line 1709: (New PAF RIN=10336)
      1 NAME Geoffrey II, Count Of /PERCHE/
    • [large-G675.FTW]

      Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (113A:25), he fought at the Battle ofHastings with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, but was not slain there. Thissource says he died Oct 1100.

      References: See Weis AR{74} [113A-25]. ES{233} iii, 677, 689. StuartRC{151} [249-30]. Moriarty{73} p. 49.
    • Geoffrey II was born about 1042 in Normandy, France. He died in 1100. Heheld the royal title of Count of Perche. He has Ancestral File number9HLZ-WT. Parents: Rotrou I.
      He was married to Beatrix before 1067 in Picardy, France. Children were:Juliana, Rotrou II, Margaret.


      Geoffroy II, Count of Mortagne (d.1100), married Beatrix de Roucy and byher had issue:

      Rotrou II, his successor

      Juliane, married Gislebert de l'Aigle

      Marguerite, married Henry de Beaumont

      Mahaud, married Raymond de Turenne
      Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (113A:25), he fought at the Battle ofHastings with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, but was not slain there. This sourcesays he died Oct 1100.

      References: See Weis AR{74} [113A-25]. ES{233} iii, 677, 689. StuartRC{151} [249-30]. Moriarty{73} p. 49.[Custer February 1, 2002 FamilyTree.FTW]

      [merge G675.FTW]

      Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (113A:25), he fought at the Battle ofHastings with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, but was not slain there. This sourcesays he died Oct 1100.

      References: See Weis AR{74} [113A-25]. ES{233} iii, 677, 689. StuartRC{151} [249-30]. Moriarty{73} p. 49.
    • Line 6878 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
      NAME Geoffrey II Count Of /PERCHE/
    • Source #1: Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" - Seventh Edition, with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., assisted by Davis Faris (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1995), pp. 104; 133-134

      Count de Perche and Morttagne; fought at the Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066.
    • Name Prefix: Count Name Suffix: II
    • Name Prefix: Count Name Suffix: II
    • Line 18596 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
      BIRT PLAC of Perche and Mortagne
    • Geoffrey II de Perche, Comte de Perche et Mortagne died circa October 1100.
      Geoffrey II de Perche, Comte de Perche et Mortagne gained the title of Comte de Mortagne. He gained the title of Comte de Perche.
      Child of Geoffrey II de Perche, Comte de Perche et Mortagne
      Margaret de Perche+ 1
      Children of Geoffrey II de Perche, Comte de Perche et Mortagne and Beatrix de Montdidier
      Maud de Perche+ d. 28 May 1143
      Juliana de Perche+ d. a 1109
      Citations
      [S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 399. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
    • Geoffery is credited with having fought at Hastings with William the C onqueror.
    • [Weis 104] Seen 1079, fought at Hastings 14 Oct 1066.
    • SURN De Perche
      GIVN Geoffrey
      AFN 9HLZ-WT
      _UID 6271D7515E89F347843AC49100557C464646
      1 UID E22E40AA7B6802408E0DB0C9F660B1609A16
      1 UID EB030930643CDD44936EB59ED8526934035F
      DATE 21 May 2009
      TIME 19:23:43
    • Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (113A:25), he fought at the Battleof Hastings with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, but was not slain there. Thissource says he died Oct 1100.

      References: See Weis AR{74} [113A-25]. ES{233} iii, 677, 689. StuartRC{151} [249-30]. Moriarty{73} p. 49.
    • Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (113A:25), he fought at the Battleof Hastings with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, but was not slain there. Thissource says he died Oct 1100.

      References: See Weis AR{74} [113A-25]. ES{233} iii, 677, 689. StuartRC{151} [249-30]. Moriarty{73} p. 49.
    • #Générale##Générale#3ème fils.
      Profession : Seigneur de Montfort-le-Rotrou (72).

      #Générale#Geoffroy III de Chateaudun, Rotrou II du Perche en 1079
      s:hg93.180

      note couple : #Générale#s:ds03.677 et 689 ; Auréjac

      #Générale#Aîné.
      Profession : premier Comte de Mortagne puis du Perche,Seigneur de Nogent.
    Person ID I6000000000437438881  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2019 

    Father Rotrou de Châteaudun, Viscount of Chateaudun,   b. Abt 1014, Eure Et Loir, Beauce, Centre Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1080, Eure Et Loire, Beauce, Centre Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Countess Adelise de Bellème, De Mortagne,   b. Abt 1014,   d. 1043  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 1033  Of, , Normannndy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6000000002043402394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Béatrix de Ramerupt, Comtesse du Perche,   b. 1040, Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1129, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married Abt 1066  Of, , Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mathilde du Perche, comtesse du Perche,   b. Abt 19 Jul 1074, Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1143  (Age 68 years)
     2. Julienne du Perche,   b. 1074, Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1132, Austria, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     3. Marguerite de la Perche, Countess of Warwick,   b. 1067, Mortagne au Perche, Orne, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1156, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     4. Rotrou de Châteaudun, Count of Perche,   b. Abt 1075, Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1144, Rouen, 76540, Seine Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000004257079075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart