Geoffrey, Count of Nantes

Gottfried VI. (French: Geoffroy, English: Geoffrey, born June 1, 1134 Rouen, † July 26, 1158 in Nantes ) was a Erbgraf of Anjou, Maine and Count of Nantes out of the house of Plantagenet. He was the second son of Count Geoffrey V Plantagenet of Anjou († 1151 ) and his wife Matilda of England († 1167 ).

According to the will of his father Gottfried should inherit the counties of Anjou and Maine. But his older and more powerful brother Heinrich contained him this before after the occurrence of the inheritance,. As a result, Gottfried 1152 allied with King Louis VII of France and attacked his brother. Gottfried tried unsuccessfully, the divorced wife of the King, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the richest heiress in France and lover of his brother, to take you on their way to Poitiers. 1156 he again revolted unsuccessfully against brother and lost his castles of Chinon, Loudun and Mirabeau. With the support of his brother Gottfried took possession of the county of Nantes in 1157, where she Hoël Count III. had driven.

Gottfried died childless in 1158, his county was taken over by Henry, who she later his son transferred Duke Godfrey II of Brittany.