Fulke V 'the Younger' Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem

Male 1092 - 1143  (51 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Fulke V 'the Younger' Count of Anjou 
    Suffix King of Jerusalem 
    Born 1092  Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Nov 1143  Acre, Hazofan, Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5735  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2019 

    Father Fulk IV 'the Rude' COUNT OF ANJOU,   b. Abt 1043, Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1109, Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Bertrade de MONTFORT,   b. Abt 1059, Montfort l'Amaury, Ile De France, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1089 
    Family ID F25178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ermengard OF MAINE,   b. Abt 1096, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1109 
    Children 
     1. Matilda of ANJOU,   d. 1154
     2. Sibilia D'ANJOU,   b. Abt 1105, Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Geoffrey V "the Fair" PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou,   b. 24 Aug 1113, Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1151, Chateau-dut-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     4. Aumary D'ANJOU,   b. 1136,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F25177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Foulques exerted his control over his vassals and was later caught up in dynatic quarrels between the French and English kings. In 2218, his son Georggrey Plantagenet married Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England, and became the progenitor of England's branch of the Angevin dynasty. Fulk visited Palestine in 1120 and returned in 1129 to marry Melisend, daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Fulk became King of Jerusalem on Baldwin II's death in 1131 and spent the first year of his reign settling a dispute in Antioch (Turkey) and putting down a revolt led by his wife's lover, Hugh de Le Puiset. In 1137, he allied himself with the Byzantines against a Turkish leader, 'Imad ad-Din Zangi, of Mosul (Iraq) and in 1140 helped the Muslims of Damascus ward off Zangi's armies. He protected Jerusalem in the south by constructing a series of fortresses, including Krak of Moab.

      Source:
      Encyclopedia Brittanica online.


Home Page |  What's New |  Most Wanted |  Surnames |  Photos |  Histories |  Documents |  Cemeteries |  Places |  Dates |  Reports |  Sources