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Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
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Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherGeoffrey II, Comte de Gâtinais (e1001-1046) [S756] [S1539]
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MotherErmengarde d’Anjou (~1018-1076) [S756] [S1539]
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Spouse 1stHildegarde de Baugency (e1044-<1070) 
Child +Ermengarde d’Anjou (~1068-1146) [S756] [S1539]
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Spouse 2ndErmengarde de Bourbon (e1051-) 
Spouse 5thBertrade de Montfort (e1071-1116) 
Child +Fulk V, Count of Anjou (1092-1144) [S756] [S965] [S1539]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameFulk IV, Count of Anjou [S1420]
Nickname: Fulk le Rechin
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NameFulk Rechin IV, Count of Anjou [S756]
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NameFoulques IV 'Rechin', Comte d'Anjou [S915]
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NameFoulques IV 'le Rechin' Comte d'Anjou [S956] [S965] [S3184]
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NameFoulques IV `le Rechin`, Count of Anjou [S1420] [S1539]
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NameFulco IV `le Rechin`, Count of Anjou [S1420]
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NameFoulques de Château-Landon [S1539]
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FatherGeoffrey II, Comte de Gâtinais (e1001-1046) [S756] [S1539]
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MotherErmengarde d’Anjou (~1018-1076) [S756] [S1539]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birth1043France [S756] [S1539]
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Title1067Count of Anjou [S756] [S915] [S965]
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Marriage 1stabt 1068Hildegarde de Baugency (e1044-<1070) [S916] [S1539]
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Marriage 2nd1070Ermengarde de Bourbon (e1051-) [S903] [S1539] [S3184]
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Divorcebef 1076Ermengarde de Bourbon (e1051-) [S903] [S3184]
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Marriage 3rd Jan 21, 1076 to 1080 [S1539]
Orengarde de Chatelaillon, dau of Isembart Seigneur de Chatelaillon
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Marriage 4thaft 1080 [S1539]
dau of Gauthier I< Comte de brienne
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Marriage 5th1089Bertrade de Montfort (e1071-1116) [S956] [S1539]
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Marriage 5th1090/91Bertrade de Montfort (e1071-1116) [S756]
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Divorceabt May 15, 1092Bertrade de Montfort (e1071-1116) [S956]
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DeathApr 14, 1109 [S756] [S1539]
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Sources
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[S756] Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S903] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Aquitaine Nobility)" (2006-7 (v1.4 Updated 18 July 2007)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AQUITAINE NOBILITY.htm).
[S915] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Brittany: Dukes)" (2006-7 (v1.3 Updated 21 July 2007)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm).
[S916] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Central France: Blois, Tours)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 18 October 2006)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL FRANCE.htm).
[S956] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Paris Region: Beuamont, Beauvais)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 19 October 2006)).
[S965] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Maine: Counts)" (2006-7) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MAINE.htm).
[S1420] Baldwin, Stewart, "The Henry Project - Foulques IV" (May 11, 2006) (https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/fulk0004.htm).
[S1539] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Anjou Counts)" (v1.5 Updated 16 March 2010) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANJOU, MAINE.htm).
[S3184] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Bourbon)" (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BOURBON.htm).
Kinship Lines for Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
Spouse/PartnerDegreeRelationshipMRCA
Bertrade de Montfort (e1071-1116)156th Cousin 1x removedPepin, Count of Senlis (~815-)
Note
Although the medieval and twelfth century sources agree that the father of Fulk IV and Geoffroy III le Barbu was a count of Gâtinais, they disagree on their father's name, some claiming Aubry (Albericus) and others Geoffroy (Gaufridus, Gosfredus, etc.). Contemporary sources, however, clearly prove that their father's name was Geoffroy. Fulk IV names his parents as Gauffridus and Ermengardis in a donation of 1074×6. Additionally, The Historiæ Andegavensis, supposedly written by Fulk IV, names his parents as Goffridi and Ermengardis ["Ego Fulco Comes Andegavensis, qui filius fui Goffridi de Castro Landono & Ermengardis filiae Fulconis Comitis Andegavensis, & nepos Gofridi Martelli, qui fuit filius ejusdem avi mei Fulconis & frater matris meae, cum tenuissem Consulatum Andegavinum vifinti octo annis ..."]. The Saint-Aubin genealogies, evidently composed during the reign of Fulk IV, not only give the name of the father of Fulk IV and his brother Geoffroy III le Barbu, but provide the maternal ancestry of their father as Beatirx, daughter of Albericus, son of Letaldus ["Letaldus comes Vesconsiosis (et Umbertus comes Matisconiensis fratres fuerunt ...); ex Letaldo Albericus natus est; ex Alberico Beatrix; ex Beatrice Gosfridus comes de Castello Landonensi. Ex Gaufrido Gaufridus et Fulco presens."]. Geoffroy III le Barbu, in a charter of 1060×8 gave a donation for the soul of his uncle and predecessor Geoffroy and his father Geoffroy ["Ipsi vero constitutum habent pro isto beneficio annis singulis facere anniversarium patris mei Gaufridi quod est II kalendas maii, non minus diligenter quam abbatum suorum anniversaria"].
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