Geoffrey I ( Gottfried I ; French Geoffroy I er ; assassinated in Chartres in 1040) - the lord Montaun-a-Pershe and Nozanne-le-Rotrou , the Viscount of Chateaudon (like Geoffroy II) since 1004.
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Born in 995 or 1000. The son of Fulcua , the lord de Mortagne, and Melisenda de Châteaud. Grandson of Rotru I - Senior Nozana, founder of the clan. Brother of Hugo du Persha, Count Gatinet for the rights of his wife.
He inherited his father as Count of Montaigne-a-Pershe and lord Nogent-le-Rotrou no later than 1004. Until adulthood, was under the care of his mother. In 1004, her brother Hugo (d. 1026), elected by the Archbishop of Tours , handed over the Viscountry of Chateauden to his nephew.
Geoffrey I waged feudal wars with Bishop Chartres Fulbert , for which he was excommunicated . To receive forgiveness, in 1029 he built the Church of San Sepulcr in Châteaudon.
He founded the abbey of Saint-Denis in Nogent (1031 or 1032).
In 1040, she was killed in Chartres by rebel residents (at the exit of the temple).
Wife (wedding no later than 1014) - Gelviz (Elizabeth) (d. Not earlier than 1031), the origin is not clarified, perhaps the daughter of Renard de Brois, Senor de Pitivier. Children:
- Geoffrey, died at a young age.
- Hugo I (died 1042/1044), Viscount of Chateauden, Count of Mortagne and Nozhan.
- Rotru II (died March 1, 1077/1080), Viscount of Chateauden, Count of Mortagne and Nozhan. Father of Geoffrey II - the first Earl du Perchet.
Literature
- Settipani C .. Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés // Settipani C .; Keats-Rohan, Katharine SB Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval. - Oxford: Linacre College, Unit for Prosopographical Research, 2000. - ISBN 1-900934-01-9 .
- Œ. Des Murs, Histoire des comtes du Perche de la famille des Rotrou de 943 à 1231 (Nogent-le-Rotrou, 1856; rééd., Genève, 1976), pp. 116 sqq.