Count of Anjou
Count of Nantes
Abbot of Saint-Aubin d’Angers and Saint-Lézin
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Baldwin suggests a date of about 870.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: after 13 August 941.
The date is given by Baldwin. Père Anselme (6:5) gives 938.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Ingelger.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:5), by Le Jan (p. 449), and by Baldwin. Père Anselme (6:5) calls Ingelger a count of Anjou, and gives gives his parents as Tertulle and Petronille, and Tertulle’s father as Torquat. Baldwin states that nothing is known of Ingelger but his name and that he was the father of Foulques. He states that the relationships given by pére Anselme are not to be accepted as historical.
Mother: uncertain.
Père Anselme gives Aelinde, niece of Adalard, archbishop of Tours, and of Raimond, bishop of Orleans. Baldwin states that this relationship is “possible”. Le Jan (p. 449) gives Aelendim, niece of Adalaud and Rainon, bishops of Angers. Klaus van Eickels, in the Anjou genealogical table in volume 9 of the Lexikon des Mittelalters, gives Adelheid.
Spouse: Roscille, daughter of Warnerius and Tescenda.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:6), Le Jan (p. 449), and by Baldwin.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)
Ingelger.
Gui. Bishop of Soissons.
Foulques II “le Bon” married Gerberge.
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).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Foulques I "le Reux" (Fulk the Red, Fulco Rufus)” in The Henry Project.
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).
Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.