Fulk I, Count of Anjou
{{short description|10th-century Frankish nobleman}}
{{Distinguish|Fulk, King of Jerusalem}}
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| tenure = 929 – 972
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| spouse = Roscille de Loches
| issue = Fulk II
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| noble family = Ingelger
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| father = Ingelger d'Anjou
| mother = Adelais of Amboise
| birth_date = {{circa|870}}
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| death_date = 942 (aged 72)
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Fulk I of Anjou ({{circa}} 870 – 942), known by the nickname {{lang|fr|Foulques le Roux}} ("Fulk the Red", i.e. "Red Falcon"), was a Frankish nobleman who held several titles in West Francia, including Viscount and later Count of Tours from 905, Count of Nantes from 910 to 919, and the first Count of Anjou from 929 until his death.
Life
Born about 870,{{cite book|last=Keats-Rohan|first=K. S. B.|authorlink=Katharine Keats-Rohan|title=Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century|location=Woodbridge|publisher=Boydell Press|year=1997|page=255}} Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise.{{cite book|editor-last=Schwennicke|editor-first=Detlev|editor-link=:de:Detlev Schwennicke|title=Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge|volume=III|issue=1|publisher=J. A. Stargardt|location=Marburg|year=1984|section=Tafel 116}} He was the first Count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942. In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours. In about 910 he was Count of Nantes. 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.
Family
Fulk married Roscille de Loches, daughter of Warnerius (Widone), Seigneur de Loches, de Villentrois, and de la Haye, and his wife Tecandra. He and Roscille had:
- Guy (Wido), Bishop of Soissons ({{wikt-lang|mul|†}} 970).{{cite book|title=The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919–966|editor-first1=Steven|editor-last1=Fanning|editor-first2=Bernard S.|editor-last2=Bachrach|editor-link2=Bernard Bachrach|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|year=2011|page=30}}
- Fulk II. Succeeded his father as Count of Anjou.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Seward|first=Desmond|author-link=Desmond Seward|title=The Demon's Brood: A history of the Plantagent Dynasty|year=2014|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=978-1101606285}}
- {{cite book|last=Jones|first=Dan|author-link=Dan Jones (writer)|title=The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England|location=London|publisher=HarperPress|year=2012|isbn=978-0-00-721392-4}}
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Category:10th-century French nobility
Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:People from West Francia
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