Count Fulk V de Anjou
Other names for Fulk were Foulques the Young, Fulk the Young and Foulques V de Anjou. General Notes: Ruled Anjou jointly with his Father in 1106; succeeding as sole Count 14 Apr 1109. Became Count of Maine by marriage 11 Jul 1110. He resigned Anjou and Maine to his eldest son and successor in 1129. He was appointed Count of Tyre and Ptolmaide in 1129 and King of Jerusalem 21 Aug 1131; being crowned 14 Sep 1131. He was accidentally killed in the plain of Acre and was succeeded in Anjou and Maine by Geoffrey. {Burke’s Peerage} [GADD.GED] Noted events in his life were: • Cemetery: Church of Holy Sepulchre, 1144, Jerusalem, Palestine. Fulk married Ermengarde du Maine, daughter of Count Elias of Maine and Matilde de Chateau du Loire, on 11 Jul 1110. (Ermengarde du Maine was born in 1096 765 and died in 1126 765.) |