Individual Details
Fulk III "The Black" INGELGER Count Anjou
(970 - 21 Jun 1040)
He is celebrated as one of the first great builders of medieval castles. He constructed an estimated 100 of them, along with abbeys, across the Loire Valley in what is now France. He fought successive wars with neighbors in Brittany, Blois, Poitou and Aquitaine and traveled four times to Jerusalem on pilgrimage during the course of his life. He had two wives and three children.
Events
| Birth | 970 | Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France |  | ||
| Marriage | 1000 | Hildegarde "von Sundgau" DE LORRAINE | | ||
| Death | 21 Jun 1040 | Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France | |
Families
| Spouse | Hildegarde "von Sundgau" DE LORRAINE (987 - 1046) |
| Child | Ermengarde "Blance" INGELGER Duchess Burgundy (1018 - 1076) |
| Child | Geoffrey II "Martel the Hammer" INGELGER Count Anjou ( - 1060) |
| Child | Fulk ANJOU IV (1043 - 1109) |
| Father | Geoffrey I "Greymantle" INGELGER Count Anjou (938 - 987) |
| Mother | Adelaide Adele DE VERMANDOIS Countess of Meaux (948 - 974) |
| Sibling | Ermengarde INGELGER Countess Anjou (958 - 1022) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, US & British Isle, Joseph Thomas Biographical Dictionary, 1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001).
2. Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).
3. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).
4. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).
5. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).
6. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003).