Fulk IV 'le Rechin' 7th Comte d'Anjou-Tours IV (Rude) (1043 - 1109) - Genealogy

Nicknames:	"le Rechin", "Count d'Anjou", "Comte d'Anjou//", "Count of Anjou"
Birthdate:	July 25, 1043
Birthplace:	Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Death:	Died April 14, 1109 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Occupation:	"Rechin" 7th Count of Anjou "The Quarrelller", Conde de Anjou, Count, COUNT OF ANJOU, 'THE SURLY', Count Of Anjou, Count between 1068 AND 1109, Greve av Anjou
Added by:	Jeremy Smith on Jan 29, 2007
Managed by:	Robert Mitchell "Cook" Awalt
Last Updated:	Mar 14, 2010

Immediate Family:	Son of Aubri-Geoffrey, Aubri-Geoffrey II (Count) of, Geoffrey, Geoffrey, Count, III, Geoffroy II, Aubri-Geoffrey, Aubri-Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoffroy, Geoffroy II "Ferreol" Count Of GASTINOIS, GEOFFREY II, Geoffroi II, Geoffrey, (No Name), Geoffrey II, Geoffroi,, AUBRI, Ermengarde, Ermengarde of, Ermengarde, Ermengard, Ermengarde, Ermangarde, Ermengarde, Ermengarde, Ermengarde, Ermengarde, Countess Of ANJOU, Ermengarde, Ermengarde of Anjou, Ermengarde, Ermengarde, Ermengard, Ermengarde, Eremengarde and ERMENGARD Husband of Bertrade, Hildegarde, Mantie, Bertrade, Hildegarde, Mrs, Heremburge, Bertrade, Beatrice, Bertrade, Bertrade, Mrs, Bertrade, Cundo, Orengarde, Bertrade, Bertrade and Arengarde Father of Foulques V le Jeune, Ermengarde, Geoffrey, Ermisende, Aldegarde, Ermengarde, Sibilla, Ivo and Guillaume Brother of Geoffroy, Hildegarde, Hildegarde, Hawise, Conan, Count, Hildegarde, Princess Of FRANCE, Ives, Constance, Simon, Hildegarde, JUDITH, Hughes, Henry, Robert, Geoffrey and Foulques Half brother of Hildegarde, Hildegarde, Fulk and Hildegarde

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk_IV,_Count_of_Anjou and in French: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foulque_IV_d%27Anjou Fulk IV (1043–1109), called le Réchin, was the Count of Anjou from 1068 until his death. The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic". Biography He was the younger son of Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais (sometimes known as Aubri), and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk the Black, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou. When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey III of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother. Fulk fought with his brother, whose rule was deemed incompetent, and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good. Substantial territory was lost to Angevin control due to the difficulties resulting from Geoffrey's poor rule and the subsequent civil war. Saintonge was lost, and Fulk had to give the Gâtinais to Philip I of France to placate the king. Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany. In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers titled Fragmentum historiae Andegavensis or "History of Anjou", though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. Only the first part of the history, describing Fulk's ancestry, is extant. The second part, supposedly describing Fulk's own rule, has not been recovered. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman.[1] Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages. His first wife was Hildegarde of Baugency. After her death, before 1070, he married Ermengarde de Borbon, and then possibly Orengarde de Châtellailon. Both these were repudiated (Ermengarde de Borbon in 1075 and Orengarde de Chatellailon in 1080), possibly on grounds of consanguinity. By 1080 he may have married Mantie, daughter of Walter I of Brienne. This marriage also ended in divorce, in 1087. Finally, he married Bertrade de Montfort, who was apparently "abducted" by King Philip I of France in 1092. He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey IV Martel, ruled jointly with him for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded him as Fulk V. He also had a daughter by Hildegarde of Baugency, Ermengarde, who married firstly with William IX, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine and secondly with Alan IV, Duke of Brittany. Count of Anjou Reign 1068 – 1109 Predecessor Geoffrey III Successor Fulk V Joint rule Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou (until 1106) Spouse Hildegarde of Baugency ? - ca. 1070 Ermengarde de Bourbon ? - ca. 1075 Orengarde de Châtellailon ? - ca. 1080 Mantie of Brienne 1080-1087 Bertrade de Montfort 1087 - 1092? Issue (by Hildegarde) Ermengarde of Anjou (d. 1146) (by Ermengarde) Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou (by Bertrade) Fulk of Jerusalem House Angevin Father Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais Mother Ermengarde of Anjou Born 1043 Died 1109 Fulk IV "Rechin" 7th Count of Anjou "The Quarrelller" Duke of Anjou 1067 - 1109 Battle of Hastings (?) Supplied 40 ships b 1043 d 14 Apr 1109 Parents: Aubri-Geoffrey of Gatinais & Ermengarde of Anjou Spouse 1: Hildegarde de Baugency d by 1070 Child: Hermengarde d' Anjou m Alain Fergant IV Spouse 2: Ermengarde de Bourbon m abt 1070 Child: Geoffrey IV Martel, 8th Count of Anjou, assassinated in 1106 Spouse 3:? Orengarde de Châtellailon Spouse 1: Bertrade de Montfort Child: Foulques V of Anjou m Ermengarde du Maine Spouse 5?: Mantie, divorced 1087 Sources: 1. 15. "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Frederick Lewis Weis, 1992, seventh edition. and/or " Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists", 6th edition, Line 50, by Dr. Frederich Lewis Weis. 2. 52 "British Kings & Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Publications, Inc, 1998 (in Lady Anne's library) -------------------- The oft-married Count Fulk IV of Anjou was married to the mother of his son in 1089, when the lovely Bertrade caught his eye. According to the chronicler John of Marmoutier: "The lecherous Fulk then fell passionately in love with the sister of Amaury of Montfort, whom no good man ever praised save for her beauty. For her sake, he divorced the mother of Geoffrey II Martel..." Bertrade and Fulk were married, and they became the parents of a son, Fulk, but in 1092 Bertrade left her husband and took up with King Philip I of France. Philip married her on May 15, 1092, despite the fact that they both had spouses living. He was so enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened with excommunication. Pope Urban II did excommunicate him in 1095, and Philip was prevented from taking part in the First Crusade. Astonishingly, Bertrade even persuaded Philip and Fulk to become friends. -------------------- Fulk IV (1043–1109), called le Réchin, was the Count of Anjou from 1068 until his death. The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic". He was the younger son of Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais (sometimes known as Aubri), and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk the Black, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou. When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey III of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother. Fulk fought with his brother, whose rule was deemed incompetent, and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good. Substantial territory was lost to Angevin control due to the difficulties resulting from Geoffrey's poor rule and the subsequent civil war. Saintonge was lost, and Fulk had to give the Gâtinais to Philip I of France to placate the king. Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany. In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers, though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman. Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages. His first wife was Hildegarde of Baugency. After her death, before 1070, he married Ermengarde de Borbon, and then possibly Orengarde de Châtellailon. Both these were repudiated (Ermengarde de Borbon in 1075 and Orengarde de Chatellailon in 1080), possibly on grounds of consanguinity. Next he married Bertrade de Montfort, who apparently left him for Philip I of France. Finally, he may have married Mantie, daughter of Walter I of Brienne. This marriage also ended in divorce, in 1087. He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey Martel II, Geoffrey IV of Anjou, ruled jointly with his father for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded as Fulk V. He also had a daughter by Hildegarde of Baugency, Ermengarde, who married William IX, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine. -------------------- Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File Search Results \| Print -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foulques IV "Rechin" Anjou Compact Disc #3 Pedigree Sex: M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s) Birth: 1043 Of,,Anjou,France Death: 14 Apr 1109 Of,,Anjou,France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents Father: Geoffroy II "Ferreol" GASTINOIS Disc #3 Mother: Ermengarde Countess Of Anjou Disc #3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage(s) Spouse: Bertrade DE MONTFORT Disc #3 Marriage: ,,,France Spouse: Hildegarde "Lancelote" DE BEAUGENCY Disc #3 Marriage: ,,,France Spouse: Arengarde DE CASTELLION Disc #3 Marriage: 21 Jan 1087 ,Saumur,Anjou,France Spouse: Ermengarde DE BOURBON Disc #3 Marriage: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes and Sources Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 3 Sources: None -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitter WAYNE BRINGHURST (---) 17184 HOLLY DR., FONTANA, CALFORNIA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Search: 300440-070199182426 URL: CD-ROM: Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #3 CD-ROM Features: Pedigree View, Family View, Individual View, Reports, Downloadable GEDCOM files, Notes and Sources. Order Pedigree Resource File CD-ROMS -------------------- Foulques IV "le Rechin", comte d' Anjou also went by the name of Fulk "the Harsh" of Anjou. He was born in 1043.1,2 He was the son of Geoffroy II "Ferreol", comte de Gâtinais and Ermengarde d'Anjou.2 7th Count of Anjou between 1060 and 1099.2 He married Hildegarde Lancelote de Beaugency, daughter of Lancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency and Adelberge (?); His 1st.3 He deposed his brother Geoffrey the Bearded to become the sole rule of Anjou in 1067.2 He married Ermengarde de Bourbon, daughter of Archambaud IV "le Fort", sire de Bourbon and Philippe d' Auvergne, in 1070; His 2nd.2,4 He and Ermengarde de Bourbon were divorced in 1081; Annulled.2,4 He married Arengarde de Châtel Aillon, daughter of Isembert de Châtel Aillon, on 21 January 1087; His 3rd.2,4 He and Arengarde de Châtel Aillon were divorced; Annulled.2 He married Bertrade de Montfort, comtessa d' Anjou, daughter of Simon I, seigneur de Montfort and Agnes d' Évereux, in 1089; His 4th. Her 1st.5,6,1,2,7 He and Bertrade de Montfort, comtessa d' Anjou were divorced on 15 April 1092.2 He died on 14 April 1109 in Angers, at age 66 years.2,8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk_IV,_Count_of_Anjou
and in French:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foulque_IV_d%27Anjou
Fulk IV (1043–1109), called le Réchin, was the Count of Anjou from 1068 until his death. The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic".
Biography

He was the younger son of Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais (sometimes known as Aubri), and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk the Black, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou.

When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey III of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother.

Fulk fought with his brother, whose rule was deemed incompetent, and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good.

Substantial territory was lost to Angevin control due to the difficulties resulting from Geoffrey's poor rule and the subsequent civil war. Saintonge was lost, and Fulk had to give the Gâtinais to Philip I of France to placate the king.

Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany.

In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers titled Fragmentum historiae Andegavensis or "History of Anjou", though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. Only the first part of the history, describing Fulk's ancestry, is extant. The second part, supposedly describing Fulk's own rule, has not been recovered. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman.[1]

Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages.

His first wife was Hildegarde of Baugency. After her death, before 1070, he married Ermengarde de Borbon, and then possibly Orengarde de Châtellailon. Both these were repudiated (Ermengarde de Borbon in 1075 and Orengarde de Chatellailon in 1080), possibly on grounds of consanguinity.

By 1080 he may have married Mantie, daughter of Walter I of Brienne. This marriage also ended in divorce, in 1087. Finally, he married Bertrade de Montfort, who was apparently "abducted" by King Philip I of France in 1092.

He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey IV Martel, ruled jointly with him for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded him as Fulk V.

He also had a daughter by Hildegarde of Baugency, Ermengarde, who married firstly with William IX, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine and secondly with Alan IV, Duke of Brittany.
Count of Anjou
Reign 1068 – 1109
Predecessor Geoffrey III
Successor Fulk V
Joint rule Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou (until 1106)
Spouse Hildegarde of Baugency ? - ca. 1070
Ermengarde de Bourbon ? - ca. 1075
Orengarde de Châtellailon ? - ca. 1080
Mantie of Brienne 1080-1087
Bertrade de Montfort 1087 - 1092?
Issue
(by Hildegarde) Ermengarde of Anjou (d. 1146)
(by Ermengarde) Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou
(by Bertrade) Fulk of Jerusalem
House Angevin
Father Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais
Mother Ermengarde of Anjou
Born 1043
Died 1109

Fulk IV "Rechin" 7th Count of Anjou "The Quarrelller"
Duke of Anjou 1067 - 1109
Battle of Hastings (?) Supplied 40 ships
b 1043
d 14 Apr 1109
Parents: Aubri-Geoffrey of Gatinais & Ermengarde of Anjou
Spouse 1: Hildegarde de Baugency d by 1070
Child: Hermengarde d' Anjou m Alain Fergant IV
Spouse 2: Ermengarde de Bourbon m abt 1070
Child: Geoffrey IV Martel, 8th Count of Anjou, assassinated in 1106
Spouse 3:? Orengarde de Châtellailon
Spouse 1: Bertrade de Montfort
Child: Foulques V of Anjou m Ermengarde du Maine
Spouse 5?: Mantie, divorced 1087

Sources:
1. 15. "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Frederick Lewis Weis, 1992, seventh edition. and/or " Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists", 6th edition, Line 50, by Dr. Frederich Lewis Weis.

2. 52 "British Kings & Queens" by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Publications, Inc, 1998 (in Lady Anne's library)
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The oft-married Count Fulk IV of Anjou was married to the mother of his son in 1089, when the lovely Bertrade caught his eye. According to the chronicler John of Marmoutier:

"The lecherous Fulk then fell passionately in love with the sister of Amaury of Montfort, whom no good man ever praised save for her beauty. For her sake, he divorced the mother of Geoffrey II Martel..."

Bertrade and Fulk were married, and they became the parents of a son, Fulk, but in 1092 Bertrade left her husband and took up with King Philip I of France. Philip married her on May 15, 1092, despite the fact that they both had spouses living. He was so enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened with excommunication. Pope Urban II did excommunicate him in 1095, and Philip was prevented from taking part in the First Crusade.

Astonishingly, Bertrade even persuaded Philip and Fulk to become friends.

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Fulk IV (1043–1109), called le Réchin, was the Count of Anjou from 1068 until his death. The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic".

When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey III of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother.

Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany.

In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers, though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman.

Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages.

Next he married Bertrade de Montfort, who apparently left him for Philip I of France. Finally, he may have married Mantie, daughter of Walter I of Brienne. This marriage also ended in divorce, in 1087.

He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey Martel II, Geoffrey IV of Anjou, ruled jointly with his father for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded as Fulk V.

He also had a daughter by Hildegarde of Baugency, Ermengarde, who married William IX, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine.

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Foulques IV "Rechin" Anjou Compact Disc #3 Pedigree
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Event(s)
Birth: 1043

Of,,Anjou,France
Death: 14 Apr 1109

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Parents
Father: Geoffroy II "Ferreol" GASTINOIS Disc #3
Mother: Ermengarde Countess Of Anjou Disc #3

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Marriage(s)
Spouse: Bertrade DE MONTFORT Disc #3
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Spouse: Hildegarde "Lancelote" DE BEAUGENCY Disc #3
Marriage:
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Spouse: Arengarde DE CASTELLION Disc #3
Marriage: 21 Jan 1087
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Spouse: Ermengarde DE BOURBON Disc #3
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Notes and Sources
Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 3
Sources: None

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17184 HOLLY DR., FONTANA, CALFORNIA

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Foulques IV "le Rechin", comte d' Anjou also went by the name of Fulk "the Harsh" of Anjou. He was born in 1043.1,2 He was the son of Geoffroy II "Ferreol", comte de Gâtinais and Ermengarde d'Anjou.2 7th Count of Anjou between 1060 and 1099.2 He married Hildegarde Lancelote de Beaugency, daughter of Lancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency and Adelberge (?); His 1st.3 He deposed his brother Geoffrey the Bearded to become the sole rule of Anjou in 1067.2 He married Ermengarde de Bourbon, daughter of Archambaud IV "le Fort", sire de Bourbon and Philippe d' Auvergne, in 1070; His 2nd.2,4 He and Ermengarde de Bourbon were divorced in 1081; Annulled.2,4 He married Arengarde de Châtel Aillon, daughter of Isembert de Châtel Aillon, on 21 January 1087; His 3rd.2,4 He and Arengarde de Châtel Aillon were divorced; Annulled.2 He married Bertrade de Montfort, comtessa d' Anjou, daughter of Simon I, seigneur de Montfort and Agnes d' Évereux, in 1089; His 4th. Her 1st.5,6,1,2,7 He and Bertrade de Montfort, comtessa d' Anjou were divorced on 15 April 1092.2 He died on 14 April 1109 in Angers, at age 66 years.2,8

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