Biography of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou 1043-1109

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Around 1035 [his father] Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his mother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Gâtinais. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 65) and [his grandmother] Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.

Around 1043 [his father] Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais died. His son [his brother] Geoffrey (age 3) succeeded 3rd Count Gâtinais.

In 1043 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou was born to Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 25).

In 1046 [his step-father] Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 35) and [his mother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and [his grandmother] Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.

Around 1068 [his daughter] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine was born to Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 25) and [his wife] Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 24) at Angers [Map].

Around 1068 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 25) and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 50).

Before 1072 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 28) and Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 53).

Around 1072 [his son] Geoffrey "Hammer" Anjou IV Count Anjou was born to Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 29) and [his wife] Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou (age 22).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1076 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 33) and Orengarde Chatellailon Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 58).

In 1076 [his wife] Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou (age 26) died.

On 18th March 1076 [his mother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 58) died.

In 1088 [his son-in-law] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 16) and [his daughter] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 45) and [his wife] Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 44). He the son of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and [his half-sister] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 32). They were half first cousins.

In 1089 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 46) and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy.

In 1089 [his brother-in-law] Amaury Montfort (age 33) was killed. His brother [his brother-in-law] Amaury (age 18) succeeded 3rd Seigneur Montfort.

Around 1089 [his son] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem was born to Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 46) and [his wife] Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France (age 19) at Angers [Map].

On 15th May 1092 King Philip I of France (age 39) and [his wife] Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France (age 22) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They were married despite their both having living spouses: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France (age 37) and Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 49) respectively. He the son of King Henry I of France and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1093 [his son-in-law] Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 30) and [his daughter] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany. She the daughter of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 50) and [his wife] Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 49). They were third cousin once removed.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1096 [his brother] Geoffrey "Bearded" Anjou 3rd Count Gâtinais (age 56) died. His brother Fulk (age 53) succeeded 4th Count Anjou.

On 19th May 1106 [his son] Geoffrey "Hammer" Anjou IV Count Anjou (age 34) was killed at Candé.

On 14th April 1109 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 66) died. In 1109 His son [his son] Fulk (age 20) succeeded V Count Anjou.

On 14th February 1117 [his former wife] Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France (age 47) died.