Geoffrey Jordan I married of Vendôme

Country and Region of Origin

Centre (RE) Loir-et-Cher (D)

Specific Title

Count of Vendôme

Role

Count (lay)

Gender and Marital Statusa

Male

Crusades

Expedition

Crusade of 1101

Contingent Leader

William IX of Aquitaine

Probability of Participation

Certain

Financial Arrangements

After his death, his widow took back a church which Geoffrey Jordan had given to the abbey of La Trinité of Vendôme. She was later forced to yield this church after being excommunicated.

Consequences of Expedition

Survived

Actions

One of his companions was Ulric Bucel. Geoffrey Jordan survived the crusade but died shortly afterwards.

Sources

Cartulaire de l'abbaye cardinale de la Trinité de Vendôme, ed. C. Metais, vol. 2 (Paris, 1894), pp. 159-160. Cartulaire de Marmoutier pour le Vendômois, ed. M. de Trémault (Paris, 1893), p. 315. Cartulaire Manceau de Marmoutier, ed. E. Laurain, vol. 2 (Laval, 1945), no. 427. C, p. 437. William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum: The History of the English Kings, ed. and trans. R. Mynors, R. Thomson and M. Winterbottom, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1998), p. 684. AA, p. 593. Bartolf of Nangis, 'Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnantium', RHC Oc, vol. 3, pp. 533-534.