D'anjou, Count of Anjou Fulk IV^{[1, 2, 3]}

1043 - 1109  (65 years)

• Name	D'anjou, Fulk
  Prefix	Count of Anjou
  Suffix	IV
  Nickname	Rechin
  Birth	1033/1043	of, France, Anjou, France
  Born	6 May 1043	Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
  Gender	Male
  AFN	FLHD-BL
  _UID	5DC3205D986E314AAF6E629A384A640B286D
  _UID	C7C1E1917534334AA8DE52D556FBCD533E57
  Died	21 Apr 1109	Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
  Person ID	I7702	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	10 May 2017

  
  

  Father	de Château-Landon, Count of Gâtinais Geoffrey II,   b. 1000, Chateau Landon, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France ,   d. 16 Apr 1046, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	d'Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy Ermengarde,   b. Abt 1018,   d. 24 Mar 1076, Fleury-sur-Ouche  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F2324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Count Of Gastinois Geoffroy II,   b. Abt 1000/1003, of, Chateau Landon, Gatinais, France ,   d. 1 Apr 1046, Anjou, France  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	d' Anjou, Cts/Gastinois Hermengarde (Ermengrade),   b. Abt 1007/1018, of, , Anjou, France ,   d. 18 Mar 1076, Anjou, France  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	1035	, , , France
  Family ID	F10029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hildegard,   b. Abt 1045  [1, 2]
  _UID	EC2FAF80F79ED24DA67F8D99669206ED3415
  Children	1. d' Anjou, Ermengard
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	de Bourbon, Ermengarde,   b. Abt 1045, of, Bourbon   [3]
  Married	1070	, Saumur, Anjou, France
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  _UID	0E1E183368A4B9409F8E54A169868DDEF814
  Children	1. d' Anjou, Geoffroy IV,   b. Abt 1071, of, , Anjou, France ,   d. 19 May 1106  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F10794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	De Montfort, Queen/France / Princess Of Scotland Bertrada,   b. 1059, of, Montfort, Eure, France ,   d. 14 Feb 1116, , Fontrevault, , France  (Age 57 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  Married	1089	France
  _UID	D0F28ED842CBF8439BC164C5B67527DC2377
  Children	1. d' Anjou, Dcs/Aquitaine Ermengarde (Ermengardis),   b. Abt 1090, of, , Anjou, France ,   d. 1 Jun 1146  (Age ~ 56 years) + 2. d'Anjou, King of Jerusalem Foulques V,   b. 1092, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France ,   d. 10 Nov 1143, , , Jerusalem, Israel  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Fulk IV of Anjou (1043 - 1109), also known as Fulk le Réchin, was count of Anjou from 1068 to 1109. The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic". He was the younger son of Geoffrey (sometimes known as Alberic), count of Gâtinais, and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk Nera, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou. When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey IV of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother. Fulk fought with his brother, whose ruled was deemed incompetent, and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good. Substantial territory was lost to Angevin control due to the difficulties resulting from Geoffrey's poor rule and the subsequent civil war. Saintonge was lost, and Fulk had to give the Gâtinais to Philip I of France to placate the king. Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany. In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers, though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman. Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages. His first wife was Ermengarde de Beaugency. After her death he married Ermengarde de Borbon, and then possibly Ermengarde de Châtellailon. Both these were repudiated, possibly on grounds of consanguinity. Next he married Bertrade de Montfort, who apparently left him for Philip I of France. Finally, he may have married a daughter of Walter of Brienne. He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey Martel II, ruled jointly with his father for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded as Fulk V. He also had a daughter, Ermengarde, who married William VII the Young, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine. [edit] References Jim Bradbury, "Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets", in Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown Ancestry of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou #9 and Kings of Germany and France #12. Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 401 #1. Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E-29. SURNAME: Also shown as Anjou GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Foulques Iv Count Of DEATH: Also shown as Died 14 Apr 1109

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] GEDCOM File : GED Geoffery Plantaganet Anc.ged, 1 Nov 2004. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative. [S353] Adam gedcom from AQ (Reliability: 0).