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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.
- 1131–1143
- Bertrade de Montfort
Fulk IV (French: Foulques IV d'Anjou; 1043 – 14 April 1109), better known as Fulk le Réchin (Latin: Fulco Rechin), was the count of Anjou from around 1068 until his death.
- 1068 – 14 April 1109
- House of Anjou
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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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Apr 18, 2024 · Fulk IV "The Surly", count of Anjou's Timeline. Birth of Ermengarde d'Anjou, Duchess of Aquitain... Birth of Geoffroy IV d'Anjou, Comte d'Anjou ... Genealogy for Fulk D'anjou (1043 - 1109) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
The king or queen of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Crusader state founded in Jerusalem by the Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade, when the city was conquered in 1099.
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, also known as Fulk the Younger, was the count of Anjou 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.
In the history written by Foulques, he states that his uncle (Geoffroy Martel), in the last year of his life, made him a knight in the city of Angers on Pentecost, 1060, and entrusted him with the region of Saintonge, because of a certain conflict that he was then having with Pierre de Didonne.
