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.
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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 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux
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