Foulque l’Oison

Also known as Fulco Anserulus.

Count of Vendôme

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 21 or 22 November 1066.

Place of Death: Ferrières-en-Touraine.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Vendôme.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

(probable) Father: Bodo de Nevers.

This relationship is given by Barthélemy (p. 295), noting “C’est un faux (TV 95) qui donne son nom. Mais l’identification est plausible.” It is also given by Bachrach.

Mother: Adela d’Anjou, countess of Vendôme.

This relationship is given by Barthélemy (p. 292) and by Bachrach.

Spouse: Petronilla de Château-Renaud.

This relationship is given by Père Anselme (3:318). Barthélemy (p. 291) gives Pétronille.

Children:

Bouchard III (died 1085).

Eufrosine de Nevers married Geoffroy III dit le Jourdain

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bachrach, Bernard S. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, (University of California Press, 1993).

Barthélemy, Dominique. La société dans le comté de Vendôme de l’an mil au XIV^e siècle (Fayard, 1993).

Cawley, Charles. “FOULQUES "l'Oison" de Vendôme” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.