Count Anjou is in Counts of France.
In 942 Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou [aged 72] died. His son Fulk [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Count Anjou, 2nd Viscount Anjou.
In 960 Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou [aged 55] died. His son Geoffrey [aged 21] succeeded 1st Count Anjou.
On 21st July 987 Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou [aged 48] died. His son Fulk [aged 17] succeeded III Count Anjou.
In December 1005 Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou [aged 35] and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou and Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou.
On 21st June 1040 Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou [aged 70] died. His son Geoffrey succeeded II Count Anjou. Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine by marriage Countess Anjou.
After 1050 Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou and Grécie Langeais Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.
In 1060 Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou died without issue. Geoffrey "Bearded" Count Anjou 3rd Count Gâtinais [aged 20] succeeded Count Anjou.
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 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 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].
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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.
In 1096 Geoffrey "Bearded" Count Anjou 3rd Count Gâtinais [aged 56] died. His brother Fulk [aged 53] succeeded 4th Count Anjou.
On 14th April 1109 Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 66] died. In 1109 His son Fulk [aged 20] succeeded V Count Anjou.
In 1110 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 21] and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. She the daughter of Elias I Count Maine and Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine. He the son of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France [aged 40]. They were third cousin twice removed.
In 1129 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 40] travelled to Jerusalem [Map] on pilgrimage. His son Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy [aged 15] was appointed Count Anjou.
On 2nd June 1129 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 40] and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 24] were married at Jerusalem [Map]. She by marriage Countess Anjou. Her father [aged 54] had written to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem requesting the marriage since he had no male heirs. She the daughter of Baldwin II King Jerusalem. He the son of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France.
Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou was created 1st Count Anjou, 1st Viscount Anjou.
Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou and Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. She the daughter of Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons. He the son of Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou.
Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Elisabeth Vendome Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. She the daughter of Bouchard Vendome Count Vendôme. He the son of Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou and Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou.
Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou and Roscille Loches Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou.