Fulk I, Count of Anjou

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Fulk I of Anjou
Count of Anjou
Bornc. 870
Died942
Tours
Noble familyIngelger
Spouse(s)Roscille de Loches
IssueFulk II
FatherIngelger d'Anjou
MotherAdelais of Amboise

Fulk I of Anjou (c. 870 – 942) — Foulques le Roux ("Fulk the Red", i.e., "Red Falcon") — held the county of Anjou first as viscount, then count, until his death.

Life

Born about 870,

Count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942.[2] In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours.[2] In about 910 he was Count of Nantes.[2] He increased his territory as a viscountcy of Angers and, around 929, he claimed the title Count of Anjou. During his lordship, he was frequently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. Fulk I died around 942.[2]

Family

Fulk married Roscille de Loches, daughter of Warnerius (Widone), Seigneur de Loches, de Villentrois, and de la Haye, and his wife Tecandra.[2] He and Roscille had:

  • Guy (Wido), Bishop of Soissons († 970).[2][3]
  • Fulk II. Succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.[2]


References

  1. Boydell Press
    . p. 255.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Schwennicke, Detlev [in German], ed. (1984). "Tafel 116". Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge. Vol. III. Marburg: J. A. Stargardt.
  3. ^ Fanning, Steven; Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. (2011). The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919–966. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 30.

Further reading

Fulk I, Count of Anjou
Born: c. 870 Died: 942
Preceded by
Count of Anjou

898–942 		Succeeded by
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