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Fulk (Latin: Fulco, French: Foulque or Foulques; c. 1089/1092 – 13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger, was the count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129 and the king of Jerusalem with his wife Melisende from 1131 to his death.
Fulk (born 1092—died November 1143, Acre, Palestine [now ʿAkko, Israel]) was the count of Anjou and Maine as Fulk V (1109–31) and king of Jerusalem (1131–43). Son of Fulk IV the Surly and Bertrada of Montfort, he was married in 1109 to Arenburga of Maine.
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Fulk was a wealthy crusader and experienced military commander, and a widower. His experience in the field would prove invaluable in a frontier state always in the grip of war. However, Fulk held out for better terms than mere consort of the Queen; he wanted to be king alongside Melisende.
MonarchBirthMarriagesDeathFulk1131–1143with Melisende1089/1092Angers, Franceson of Fulk IV, ...Ermengarde of Maine11094 ...13 November 1143Acre, Kingdom of ...Baldwin III1143–1163with Melisende until ...1130son of King Fulk and Queen MelisendeTheodora Komnene1158no children10 February 1163Beirut, Kingdom of ...1136son of King Fulk and Queen MelisendeAgnes of Courtenay11573 childrenMaria ...11 July 1174Jerusalemaged 38Baldwin IV the Leprous1174–1185with ...1161Jerusalemson of King Amalric and ...never married16 March 1185Jerusalemaged 24Fulk V (1092–1143), called "le Jeune" (the younger), was a French nobleman who was the Count of Anjou from 1109 to 1129. He was the Count of Maine (jure uxoris) 1110–1129. Fulk was a crusader, Knight Templar and was the King of Jerusalem (jure uxoris) from 1131 to his death.
Fulk of Anjou (1131-1143): Fulk, a prominent French nobleman, became the fourth king of Jerusalem through his marriage to Melisende, Baldwin II’s daughter. His reign saw both successes and setbacks in the kingdom’s relations with neighboring powers.
Fulk ( Latin: Fulco, French: Foulque or Foulques; c. 1089/1092 – 13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger, was the count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129 and the king of Jerusalem with his wife Melisende from 1131 to his death. During their reign, the Kingdom of Jerusalem reached its largest territorial extent.
views 1,430,656 updated. Fulk (fŭlk), 1092–1143, Latin king of Jerusalem (1131–43), count of Anjou (1109–29) as Fulk V, great-grandson of Fulk Nerra. He journeyed (1120) to the Holy Land as a pilgrim and returned there in 1129, making his son, Geoffrey Plantagenet, count of Anjou as Geoffrey IV.
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