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Also known as Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Geoffrey II Plantagenet, Earl of Richmond

English noble, Duke of Brittany jure uxoris

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Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, was a male aristocrat born on September 23, 1158, and died from accidental death on August 19, 1186, in Paris. He was a member of the House of Plantagenet and held the noble titles of duke and Earl of Richmond. His parents were Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was married to Constance, duchess of Brittany, and they had two children: Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, and Arthur I.

Geoffrey II was described by the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and is buried at Notre-Dame de Paris. He was a Christian and held citizenship in the United Kingdom. His siblings included Eleanor of England, Joan of England, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, and Alice of France. While other entries list works by Geoffrey Moehl II or a Japanese group, these refer to different entities.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Front Runner
  • Enchanted Ruse
  • Florida Heat
  • Storm Castle
  • Birth Of An American Family

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
JP
Active from
1982-12
Active to
1999-12-31

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Deep learning

    · 2015 · cited 74,838x

  2. ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks

    · 2017 · cited 32,010x

  3. Learning representations by back-propagating errors

    · 1986 · cited 24,363x

  4. The WEKA data mining software

    · 2009 · cited 13,088x

  5. A Fast Learning Algorithm for Deep Belief Nets

    · 2006 · cited 13,028x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Reign
July 1181 – 19 August 1186
Predecessor
Constance
Successor
Constance
Co ruler
Constance
Born
23 September 1158
Died
19 August 1186 (aged 27), Paris , France
Burial
Notre Dame de Paris
Spouse
Constance, Duchess of Brittany ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1181 ) ​
Issue detail
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany , Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
House
Plantagenet - Angevin
Father
Henry II, King of England
Mother
Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Geoffrey II (Breton: Jafrez; Latin: Galfridus, Anglo-Norman: Geoffroy; 23 September 1158 – 19 August 1186) was Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Geoffrey was the fourth of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Life

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