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. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais (age 46) and [his grandmother] Béatrice de Mâcon Countess 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).

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.

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.

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].

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

On 15 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.

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.

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

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

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

Royal Ancestors of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou 1043-1109

Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou 1043-1109

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon

Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

King Edward IV of England

King Richard III of England

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

Louis XII King France

Jean III King Navarre

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Queen Anne Boleyn of England

Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress

Queen Jane Seymour

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Queen Catherine Howard of England

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

George Wharton

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia

Louis I King Spain

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Louis XV King France

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

Ferdinand VI King Spain

Charles III King Spain

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Ferdinand VII King Spain

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Alfonso XII King Spain

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Carl XVI King Sweden

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales

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

Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulcuich Count Mortagne au Perche

GrandFather: Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais

Great x 1 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun

Father: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albéric II Count Mâcon

GrandMother: Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais

Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ingelger Ingelger

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelais Amboise

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandfather: Warnerius Seigneur Loches

Great x 3 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou

Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

GrandFather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adele Vermandois Countess Anjou

Mother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy

GrandMother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou