Individual Details
Fulk "The Red," Count of Anjou
(888 - 942)
Fulk the Red built the earliest Stone Castle that still survives to today. It is called Langeais, built in about 992-994, located in Northern France.
According to Wikipedia:
Fulk I of Anjou (c. 870 - 942) - Foulques le Roux ("Fulk the Red", i.e., "Red Falcon") - held the county of Anjou first as Viscount, then Count, until his death.
Life
Born about 870,[1] Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise.[2] He was the first count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942.[2] In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours.[2] About 900-918 he was Count of Nantes.[2] He increased his territory as a viscountcy of Angers and, around 929, he claimed the title count of Anjou. During his lordship, he was frequently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. Fulk I died around 942.[2]
Family
Fulk married Roscille de Loches, daughter of Warnerius (Widone), Seigneur de Loches, de Villentrois, & de la Haye, and his wife Tecandra.[2] He and Roscille had:
Guy (Wido), Bishop of Soissons ( 970).[2][3]
Fulk II. Succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.[2]
References
Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1997). Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 255.
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. (1984). "Tafel 116". Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge. III. Marburg: J. A. Stargardt.
Fanning, Steven; Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. (2011). The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 30.
Further reading
Seward, Desmond (2014). The Demon's Brood: A history of the Plantagent Dynasty. Pegasus Books. ISBN 1101606282.
Jones, Dan (2012). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-721392-4.
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Fulk the Red built the earliest Stone Castle that still survives to today. It is called Langeais, built in about 992-994, located in Northern France.
According to Wikipedia:
Fulk I of Anjou (c. 870 - 942) - Foulques le Roux ("Fulk the Red", i.e., "Red Falcon") - held the county of Anjou first as Viscount, then Count, until his death.
Life
Born about 870,[1] Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise.[2] He was the first count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942.[2] In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours.[2] About 900-918 he was Count of Nantes.[2] He increased his territory as a viscountcy of Angers and, around 929, he claimed the title count of Anjou. During his lordship, he was frequently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. Fulk I died around 942.[2]
Family
Fulk married Roscille de Loches, daughter of Warnerius (Widone), Seigneur de Loches, de Villentrois, & de la Haye, and his wife Tecandra.[2] He and Roscille had:
Guy (Wido), Bishop of Soissons († 970).[2][3]
Fulk II. Succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.[2]
References
Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1997). Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 255.
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. (1984). "Tafel 116". Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge. III. Marburg: J. A. Stargardt.
Fanning, Steven; Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. (2011). The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 30.
Further reading
Seward, Desmond (2014). The Demon's Brood: A history of the Plantagent Dynasty. Pegasus Books. ISBN 1101606282.
Jones, Dan (2012). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-721392-4.
According to Wikipedia:
Fulk I of Anjou (c. 870 - 942) - Foulques le Roux ("Fulk the Red", i.e., "Red Falcon") - held the county of Anjou first as Viscount, then Count, until his death.
Life
Born about 870,[1] Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise.[2] He was the first count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942.[2] In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours.[2] About 900-918 he was Count of Nantes.[2] He increased his territory as a viscountcy of Angers and, around 929, he claimed the title count of Anjou. During his lordship, he was frequently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. Fulk I died around 942.[2]
Family
Fulk married Roscille de Loches, daughter of Warnerius (Widone), Seigneur de Loches, de Villentrois, & de la Haye, and his wife Tecandra.[2] He and Roscille had:
Guy (Wido), Bishop of Soissons ( 970).[2][3]
Fulk II. Succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.[2]
References
Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1997). Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 255.
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. (1984). "Tafel 116". Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge. III. Marburg: J. A. Stargardt.
Fanning, Steven; Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. (2011). The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 30.
Further reading
Seward, Desmond (2014). The Demon's Brood: A history of the Plantagent Dynasty. Pegasus Books. ISBN 1101606282.
Jones, Dan (2012). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-721392-4.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Fulk the Red built the earliest Stone Castle that still survives to today. It is called Langeais, built in about 992-994, located in Northern France.
According to Wikipedia:
Fulk I of Anjou (c. 870 - 942) - Foulques le Roux ("Fulk the Red", i.e., "Red Falcon") - held the county of Anjou first as Viscount, then Count, until his death.
Life
Born about 870,[1] Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise.[2] He was the first count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942.[2] In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours.[2] About 900-918 he was Count of Nantes.[2] He increased his territory as a viscountcy of Angers and, around 929, he claimed the title count of Anjou. During his lordship, he was frequently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. Fulk I died around 942.[2]
Family
Fulk married Roscille de Loches, daughter of Warnerius (Widone), Seigneur de Loches, de Villentrois, & de la Haye, and his wife Tecandra.[2] He and Roscille had:
Guy (Wido), Bishop of Soissons († 970).[2][3]
Fulk II. Succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.[2]
References
Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1997). Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. p. 255.
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. (1984). "Tafel 116". Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge. III. Marburg: J. A. Stargardt.
Fanning, Steven; Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. (2011). The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 30.
Further reading
Seward, Desmond (2014). The Demon's Brood: A history of the Plantagent Dynasty. Pegasus Books. ISBN 1101606282.
Jones, Dan (2012). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-721392-4.
Events
| Birth | 888 | Anjou, France | |||
| Marriage | Bef 9 Jul 905 | Roscille de Loches | |||
| Acceded | 909 | ||||
| Death | 942 | ||||
| Nickname | Le Rox |
Families
| Spouse | Roscille de Loches (874 - ) |
| Child | Fulk II "The Good," Count of Anjou (909 - 958) |
| Father | Ingelger of Anjou (845 - 888) |
| Mother | Living |