<b>Geoffrey I of Anjou</b> (died July 21, 987), known as <i>Grisegonelle</i> ("Greymantle"), was <u>count of Anjou </wiki/List_of_Counts_and_Dukes_of_Anjou></u> from 958 to 987. He succeeded his father <u>Fulk II </wiki/Fulk_II_of_Anjou></u>. He cultivated the loyal support of a group of magnates, some of whom he inherited from his father,<u>[1]</u> others whom he recruited: men such as Alberic of Vihiers, Cadilo of Blaison, Roger I (le "vieux") of Loudon, Joscelin of Rennes, castellan of Baugé, Suhard I of Craon, Tobert of Buzençais and members of the Bouchard clan, and encouraged them to see their own dynastic interests as tied to the success of the Angevin count.<u>[2]</u> He succeeded in establishing a group of <i>fideles</i> upon whom his son, Fulk called "Nerra", was able to depend in establishing Anjou as a cohesive regional power in an age of territorial disintegration.<u>[3]</u> In preparing the way, Geoffrey was the first count in the west of France to associate his son in the comital title.<u>[4]
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Geoffrey allied with the Count of Nantes against the Count of Rennes, and allied with <u>Hugh Capet </wiki/Hugh_Capet></u>, fearing an invasion by the <u>Count of Blois </wiki/Count_of_Blois></u>. He was one of the men responsible for bringing Hugh to the throne of <u>France </wiki/France></u>.