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

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

Around 1043 [his father] Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais died. His son [his brother] Geoffrey [aged 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 [aged 25].

In 1046 [his step-father] Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 35] and [his mother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 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 of the Franks and Constance Arles Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.

On 1st April 1046 [his grandfather] Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais [aged 57] died. His son [his father] Geoffrey succeeded 2nd Count Gâtinais.

In 1060 [his uncle] Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou died without issue. [his brother] Geoffrey "Bearded" Count Anjou 3rd Count Gâtinais [aged 20] succeeded Count Anjou.

Around 1068 [his daughter] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine was born to Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 25] and [his wife] Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou [aged 24] at Angers [Map]. She married (1) 1088 her half first cousin William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine, son of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (2) 1093 her third cousin once removed Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany and had issue.

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

Before 22nd October 1071 [his brother-in-law] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine [aged 46] and [his half-sister] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of [his step-father] Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 60] and [his mother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 53]. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. They were second cousin once removed.

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

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

Around 1076 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 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 [aged 58].

In 1076 [his wife] Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou [aged 26] died.

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

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

In 1089 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 46] and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France [aged 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.

Around 1089 [his son] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem was born to Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 46] and [his wife] Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France [aged 19] at Angers [Map]. He married (1) 1110 his third cousin twice removed Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou, daughter of Elias I Count Maine and Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine, and had issue (2) 2nd June 1129 Melisende Queen of Jerusalem and had issue.

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

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

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

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

In 1104 [his half-sister] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine [aged 48] died.

Chroniques des Comtes dAnjou. In the following year¹, Martel [aged 34] was slain at the castle of Candé through the plots of his own men and of his stepmother [aged 36], with his father [aged 63], as they say, consenting. It seems incredible to me that a father would have consented to the killing of so great a son, since he was already exceedingly old, and the son, if length of life had been granted to him, would have recovered whatever had been lost. For he was laying claim to the castle of Laon against King Philip, and to the county of Saintonge against William of Poitiers. Out of fear of him, William built two new towers at Poitiers, one at the entrance of the city and the other near the palace.

Sequente anno Martellus insidiis suorum et noverce, pâtre ut ferunt consentiente, Cande Castro occisus esl. Incredibile mihi videtur patrem in nece tanti filii consensisse, cum et nimium senex esset et filius, si longinquitas vite sibi concederetur, quicquid amiserat recuperasset. Nam et Landonense castrum Philipo regi calumpniabat et Guilermo Pictavensi Santonicum consulatum. Qui timore ejus duas turres novas Pictavis constituit, unam in urbis ingressu et aliam prope aulam.

Note Geoffrey Martel was kille on 19th May 1106.

On 19th May 1106 [his son] Geoffrey "Martel" Anjou IV Count Anjou [aged 34] was killed at Candé.

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

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