Count of Anjou Fulk de Anjou, III

972 - 1040  (68 years)

• Name	Fulk de Anjou  [1]
  Title	Count of Anjou
  Suffix	III
  Birth	972	Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
  Gender	Male
  Notable Quote	Fulk of Anjou, plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of false oaths, a truly terrifying character of fiendish cruelty, founded not one but two large abbeys. This Fulk was filled with unbridled passion, a temper directed to extremes. Whenever he had the
  Name	Nerra (the Black)
  Religion	He made four pilgrimages to the Holy Land and built the great abbey at Beaulieu-lès-Loches
  _MILT	27 Jul 992
  	At the Battle of Conquereuil, Fulk and the Angevins defeated the Bretons under Conan I, Duke of Brittany/Conqueruil
  Death	21 Jun 1040	Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
  Burial	Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
  	(in Chapel of his Monastery)
  Person ID	I7966	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Comte Gastinois Geoffrey de Anjou, I,   b. 938, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 1000, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Countess of Chalon and Countess of Anjou Adele de Meaux,   b. 950, France d. 12 Mar 976, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Nov 951	Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
  Family ID	F2587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Countess Anjou Hildegard de Sundgau,   b. 987, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 1 Apr 1046, Israel (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1000	Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
  Children	1. Duchess of Burgundy Ermengarde 'Blanche' de Anjou,   b. 18 Oct 1018, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 21 Mar 1076, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 57 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Elisabeth de Vendôme,   b. 960, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. Dec 999, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	Fulk allegedly had Elisabeth burned at the stake i
  Family ID	F2692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 972 - Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Marriage - 1000 - Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Death - 21 Jun 1040 - Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France Burial - - Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms and Icons		Arms-ANJOU
  		Coin-Nerra

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.