Fulk I "The Red", Count of Anjou (870 - 942)

Foulques I "Le Anjou-3067 [Parents] was born about 870 in Of, , Anjou, France. He died in 938 in Anjou, France. He married Roscille De Loches [Countess Of Anj-4148 before 5 Jul 905 in Anjou, France.

Roscille De Loches [Countess Of Anj-4148 [Parents] was born about 874 in Of, , , France. She died about 940. She married Foulques I "Le Anjou-3067 before 5 Jul 905 in Anjou, France.

They had the following children:

M i Ingelger D' Anjou-4050 was born about 898 in Of, , Anjou, France. He died in 927. He was buried in St. Martin de To.
M ii Guy D' Anjou [Bishop Of Soiss-4656 was born about 902 in Of, , Anjou, France. He died before 972.
F iii Roscille D' Anjou-4495 was born about 904.
M iv Foulques II "Le Anjou-2205 was born about 909. He died on 11 Nov 958.
F v Adele (Adelaide) de Vexin (Anjou) Countess of Vexin-75022.
F vi Adele (Adelaide) de Vexin (Anjou) Countess of Vexin-82642.
M vii Guido van Anjou-66097 was born about 902. He died about 972.
F viii Adele van Anjou-65212 was born about 920. She died about 960.

Fulk I of Anjou(about 870 – 942), called the Red, was son of viscount Ingelger of Angers and Resinde "Aelinde" D'Amboise, was the first count of Anjou from 898 to 941. He increased the territory of the viscounty of Angers and it became a county around 930. During his reign he was permanently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. He married Rosalie de Loches. He died around 942 and was succeeded by his son Fulk II.
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Fulk I (or Fulco) of Anjou, "said Rufus was the first Count of Anjou from 930 to 942, having been first Viscount d'Angers (before 898-930) and Tours (898-909), and Count of Nantes (909-919). It is the family Ingelgeriens and son of Viscount Ingelger and perhaps Aelendis.

It is mentioned for the first time in a charter of April 886, and then as Viscount in another charter dated 29 September 898, signed by Viscount Hardrada Tours. Another 909 charter also says the Vicomte de Tours. In 909, following the death of Alain le Grand, the Viscount of Tours is provided Thibaud the Old and he received the county of Nantes, in charge of fighting against the Normans and Bretons. Nantes is taken by the Normans in 914, and Fulk waives its rights to the county of Nantes in 919. He retained the title of count, but the title was finally recognized in 930, when his overlord Hugh the Great described him as such in one of his charters. He spent most of his life fighting the Vikings.

He married Roscille, daughter of Garnier (Warnerius), Lord of Loches, and Tescende, and had:

Ingelger died before 929 and probably killed in 927 during an engagement against the Vikings.
Gui (Widdoes), canon of St. Martin de Tours, then bishop of Soissons of 937 to 973
Fulk II the Good, Count of Anjou.
Roscille of Anjou, married Alain Barbetorte II, Duke of Brittany. They have a daughter Gerberga Nantes.
He is cited with his son Fulk II the last time in August 941. A charter of 942 mentions a May Fulk Count of Anjou, not as we know it is Fulk Fulk I or II. Given the fact that I Fulk began his career to 886, he probably died shortly after 941.

Fulk le Roux is quoted in "The Chronicle the exploits of the Counts of Anjou," text written from 1100 to 1140 by a monk Angevin, at the request of the Rechin Fulk.

Preceded by Fulk I of Anjou Followed by
Ingelger Vicomte d'Angers,
then Count of Anjou Fulk II the Good
Hardrada Vicomte de Tours Thibaud the Old
Alain le Grand Count of Nantes and Ottar Hroald, vikings
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Fulk I of Anjou(about 870 – 942), called the Red, was son of viscount Ingelger of Angers and Resinde "Aelinde" D'Amboise, was the first count of Anjou from 898 to 941. He increased the territory of the viscounty of Angers and it became a county around 930. During his reign he was permanently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. He married Rosalie de Loches. He died around 942 and was succeeded by his son Fulk II.