Fulk D'Anjou, Count Of Anjou
1095 - 1144 (49 years)-
Name Fulk D'Anjou Title Count Of Anjou Birth 1095 Rhône-Alpes, France 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death 13 Nov 1144 Acre, Israel [1, 2, 3] Person ID I7692 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Fulk le Réchin, Count of Anjou , b. Abt 1043, France d. 1109, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 66 years) Relationship natural Mother Bertrade De Montfort, Queen Of France , b. 1070, Aquitaine, France d. 14 Feb 1117, Normandie, France (Age 47 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1089 Centre, France Family ID F4415 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ermengarde De Maine, b. 1 Jul 1092, Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 15 Jan 1126, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 33 years) Marriage 11 Jul 1110 Rhône-Alpes, France Children + 1. Geoffroy Plantagenet, 5th Count Of Anjou , b. 24 Aug 1113, Centre, France d. 7 Sep 1151, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1618 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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He married Ermengarde of Maine, cementing Angevin control over the Coun t y o f M a i ne. He was originally an opponent of King Henry I of England a n d a s u p p orter of King Louis VI of France, but in 1118 or 1119 he had a l lie d w i t h Henry when Henry arranged for his son and heir William Adeli n t o m a r r y Fulk's daughter Matilda.
Fulk went on crusade in 1119 or 1120, and became attached to the Knight s T e m p l ar. (Orderic Vitalis) He returned, late in 1121, after which he b e g a n t o s ubsidize the Templars, maintaining two knights in the Holy Lan d f o r a y e a r.
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