Origo Consulum: rumours of murder, a crisis of lordship, and the legendary origins of the Counts of Anjou
Nicholas L. Paul
The death of the young Geoffrey Martel, heir to county Anjou, in May 1106, precipitated a crisis Anjou that lasted until succession Geoffrey’s younger brother, Fulk V, 1109. It was during this period writer began dynastic narrative tradition known as Chronica de gestis consulum Andegavorum. This article argues earliest version Angevin Chronica, and particular unique origin legend it provides for comital dynasty, must be read context political 1106–09. Read response crisis, emerges subtle warning V future counts about dangers following bad ancestral examples.
French History