By Wes Porter —— Bio and Archives--November 15, 2019
A happy redhead, famed for his fighting abilities, Geoffrey of Anjou (1113-1151), later Duke of Normandy by conquest, drew the attention of the English King Henry I. His daughter, the Empress Matilda, married Geoffrey when he was aged 15, She was 11 years older at the time and although the marriage was a stormy one, she bore him three sons before he died at 38. The eldest of these sons was to become Henry II of England, commencing the Plantagenets in 1154. They lasted until 1399.
There has been much consideration given to the identity of the planta genista, although modern belief indicates the Genista monspessulaana, not to be confused with the Common or Scotch Broom, Cytisus scoparius of the UK. Folklore maintained of this latter “If you sweep the house with broom in May/You’ll sweep the head of the house away.” Across La Manche, the flower buds might be pickled in vinegar and used as a substitute for capers.
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