Editing Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (section)

==Death==
Geoffrey died on 19 August 1186, at the age of 27, in Paris. There is also evidence that supports a death date of 21 August 1186.<ref>Marie-Aline de Mascureau, ''Chronologie'', published originally in ''Aliénor d’Aquitaine''. Revue 303, hors-série no 81, pp. 218–223, Nantes 2004, in Edmond-René Labande, ''Pour une image véridique d'Aliénor d'Aquitaine'', edited with a preface by Martin Aurell of la Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest-Geste edition of 2005.  {{ISBN|2-84561-224-9}}, p. 142</ref> There are two alternative accounts of his death. The more common first version holds that he was trampled to death in a jousting tournament. At his funeral, a grief-stricken Philip is said to have tried to jump into the coffin. [[Roger of Hoveden]]'s chronicle<ref>Hoveden on [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1183hovden.html The 1183 Revolt]</ref> is the source of this version; the detail of Philip's hysterical grief is from [[Gerald of Wales]].

In the second version, in the chronicle of the French royal clerk [[Rigord]], Geoffrey died of sudden acute chest pain, which reportedly struck immediately after his speech to Philip, boasting his intention to lay Normandy to waste. Possibly, this version was an invention of its chronicler, sudden illness being God's judgment of an ungrateful son plotting rebellion against his father, and for his irreligiosity. Alternatively, the tournament story may be an invention of Philip in trying to prevent Henry II discovering a plot; by inventing a social reason, a tournament, for Geoffrey's being in Paris, Philip could have obscured their meeting's true purpose.

[[Marie of France, Countess of Champagne|Marie of Champagne]], with whom Geoffrey was on good terms, was present at the requiem for her half-brother and established a mass [[chantry]] for the repose of his soul.<ref>{{cite book | title=Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings | last=Kelly | first=Amy | page=226 | year=1950 }}</ref>

Geoffrey was buried in the choir of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]] cathedral,<ref>{{cite book | title=Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158–1203 | last=Everard | first=Judith | page=144 and 144 n. 87 | year=2000 }}</ref> but his tombstone was destroyed in 1699.<ref>[http://www.tombes-sepultures.com/crbst_816.html Destroyed tombs at Notre-Dame de Paris]</ref> His body was exhumed in 1797 and measured at 5&nbsp;ft 6.5 in (1.69 m).<ref>As related by Valentine Green in ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]'', 67, pt. 2, 1797</ref>