Foulques III, count of Anjou

Known as “Nerra”.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Baldwin estimates about 965-970 for Foulques’s birth date, and Cawley estimates about 970.

Date of Death: 21 June 1040.

The date is given by Baldwin, citing the Annales de Vendôme (Halphen 1903, p. 61, s.a. 1040: “...et hoc ipso anno obiit Fulco comes, XI kalendas julii.”). Père Anselme (6:10) gives 22 May 1040, citing the Chronique de St-Maixent. The latter gives, s.a. 1040: “Eodem anno, obiit Fulco comes, XI^o kalendas junii” (Marchegay p. 393).

Place of Death: Metz.

The place is given by Baldwin. Foulques was returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Relationships

Father: Geoffroy I “Grisegonelle”, count of Anjou.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:7), by Bachrach, by Bienvenu, by Bouchard (p. 19), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Adèle de Troyes.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:7), by Bachrach, by Bouchard (p. 19), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Elizabeth de Vendôme (died 1000).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:10), by Bachrach, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Hildegarde de Lorraine (died 1046).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:10), by Bachrach, by Le Jan (p. 449), and by Baldwin.

Children (by Elizabeth):

(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.)

Adèle married Bodo de Nevers.

Children (by Hildegarde):

Geoffrey II “Martel” (born 14 October 1006 or 1007) married (1) Agnes, daughter of Otto-Guillaume, count of Burgundy on 1 January 1032; married (2) Grecia; married (3) Adèle, daughter of Eudes; married (4) Grecia again; married (5) Adèlaïde “Theutonice”.

Ermengarde (died 1076) married (1) Geoffrey, count of Gâtinais; married (2) Robert, duke of Burgundy.

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 (Fulk, Fulco) III "Nerra"” in The Henry Project.

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

Bienvenu, J.-M.. "Fulco Nerra" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Eickels, Karl van. Anjou genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Halphen, Louis. Recueil d’Annales Angevines et Vendômoises. (Paris: 1903).

Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VII^e - X^e siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).

Marchegay, Paul, and Émile Mabille. Chroniques des Églises d’Anjou. (Paris 1869).