Fulk le Réchin, Count of Anjou

Abt 1043 - 1109  (66 years)

• Name	Fulk le Réchin
  Title	Count of Anjou
  Suffix	IV
  Birth	Abt 1043	France   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Nickname	Fulk IV
  Death	1109	Pays de la Loire, France   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I7263	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Geoffroy Ferreoi,   b. Abt 1015   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ermengeard D'Anjou,   b. 1018, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 18 Mar 1076, Fleury-Sur-Ouche (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertrade De Montfort, Queen Of France ,   b. 1070, Aquitaine, France d. 14 Feb 1117, Normandie, France (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	1089	Centre, France
  Children	+ 1. Fulk D'Anjou, Count Of Anjou ,   b. 1095, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 13 Nov 1144, Acre, Israel (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Fulk IV (French: Foulques IV d'Anjou; 1043 – 14 April 1109), better known as Fulk le Réchin (Latin: Fulco Rechin), was the count of Anjou from around 1068 until his death. He was noted to be "a man with many reprehensible, even scandalous, habits" by Orderic Vitalis, who particularly objected to his many women and his influential footwear, claiming he popularized the pigaches that eventually became the poulaine, the medieval long-toed shoe.

  
  

• Sources

  [S182] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, United States; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Record for John Crow [S3] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net). [S13] Jim Lightfoot (lightfoot@tenthgen.com), Year: 1891; Census Place: Lot 33, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Roll:T-6384; Family No: 65. [S3] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net). QUAY