NameFoulques IV "Rechin" , Count d'Anjou
Birth1043, Anjou, France
Death14 Apr 1109, Anjou, France
Spouses
Birthabt 1059, Montfort, Amaury, Ile de France, France
Death14 Feb 1117, Fontevrault, France
MotherAgnáes D’evreux (~1030-)
Marriage1089, France
Divorce
ChildrenFoulques V "le Jeune" (1092-1143)
ChildrenErmengarde (-1147)
Notes for Foulques IV "Rechin" , Count d'Anjou
Fulk IV
b. 1043, Château Landon, Fr.
d. April 14, 1109, Angersbyname FULK THE SURLY, FRENCH FOULQUES LE RÉCHIN, count of Anjou (1068-1109).

Geoffrey II Martel, son of Fulk III, pursued the policy of expansion begun by his father but left no sons as heirs. The countship went to his eldest nephew, Geoffrey III the Bearded. But the latter's brother, Fulk, discontented over having inherited only a few small appanages, took advantage of the general discontent aroused by Geoffrey III's inept rule, seized Saumur and Angers (1067), and cast Geoffrey first into prison at Sablé and later in the confines of Chinon castle (1068). Fulk's reign then had to endure a series of conflicts against the several barons, Philip I of France, and the duke of Normandy. He lost some lands but secured, through battle and marriage, the countship of Maine for his son, Fulk V.
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