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and both were knighted by him in 1060. Although well treated by his uncle, it is thought that
Geoffrey Martel preferred his younger nephew, Fulk, but nonetheless left the countship to Geoffrey. Geoffrey III would serve as Count of Anjou until the Countship was taken from him by his brother, Fulk.
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quarreled with his brother
Geoffrey. In 1067 Fulk rebelled and took the county from Geoffrey, briefly imprisoning him. In 1068 Geoffrey attacked Fulk, and once again was defeated. This time Geoffrey was imprisoned where he remained for 28 years. He was finally freed by the intervention of
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was lost to Anjou as well. In 1064 Geoffrey failed to come to the aid of one of his vassals, Rainaldus of
Chateau-Gontier, who was captured by the Bretons. In 1065 Geoffrey alienated
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He succeeded his uncle
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172:(aka William VIII), Geoffrey failed to come to Fulk's support and Saintonge was lost. In 1063 the county of
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by trying to force his own choice for Bishop of Le Mans on the church. In turn the archbishop
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