Fulk III Nerra the Black Ct of Anjou 
Fulk III Nerra the Black was born in 0956 in of Anjou, France.1 Fulk III Nerra the Black's father was Geoffrey I Grisegonelle Ct of Anjou and his mother was Adelaide de Vermandois de Chalon. His paternal grandparents were Fulk II le Bon de Anjou Ct of Anjou and Gerberge de Maine; his maternal grandparents were Robert de Vermandois Ct of Meaux & Chalon and Adela 'Were' de Chalons Cts of Vermandois. He had two sisters named Adela and Ermengard-Gerberge. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 84 on June 21st, 1040 in Metz, Middle Lorraine, France.1 General Notes
[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
"Not all founders [of monasteries] were known for their
kindness. Fulk
of Anjou, plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of false
oaths, a truly
terrifying character of fiendish cruelty, founded not one but
two large
abbeys. This Fulk was filled with unbridled passion, a temper
directed to
extremes. Whenever he had the slightest difference with a
neighbor he
rushed upon his lands, ravaging, pillaging, raping, and
killing; nothing
could stop him, least of all the commandments of God. This
appalling man
had countless crimes upon his conscience, but when seized with
a fit of
remorse he abandoned himself to incredible penances. Thus the
very tomb of
St. Martin, whose monks he had ill-treated, saw him prostrate,
with bare
feet and in penitent's dress; and four times during his life he
went to
Jerusalem as a devout pilgrim, treading half-naked the
sorrowful road of the
passion while two of his servants flogged him until the blood
flowed,
crying, "Lord, receive thy perjured Fulk!" "
--- Richard Erdoes, *AD 1000: Living on the Brink of
Apocalypse*, 1988
(reprint 1995) p 12
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0821
- b.0845 d.0888 in St. Martin, Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.0825 in of Rhineland
- b.0870 d.0942
- b.0844 in of Tours, France
- b.0909 d.11 NOV 958
- b.0844 in of Loches, France
- b.0874
- b.11 NOV 938 in of Anjou, France d.21 JUL 987
- b.0913 d.0952
- b.0956 in of Anjou, France d.21 Jun 1040 in Metz, Middle Lorraine, France
- b.~ 0817 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.> 0850
- b.~ 0840 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.~ 0902
- b.0884 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d. in St. Quentin, Aisne, France
- b.~ 0820
- b.~ 0845
- b.~ 0820
- b.0911 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.29 AUG 968
- b.0820 in France d.15 SEP 866 in Anjou, France
- b.0866 in of Bourgogne, France d.15 JUN 923 in Soissons, France
- b.0802 in of Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.~ 0866
- b.~ 0887 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.AFT. MAR 930/31
- b.~ 0870
- b.0934 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0982
- d.0893
- d.31 OCT 920
- b.0890 d.8 APR 956
- b.~ 0840
- d.BEF. 12 APR 935
- b.0848
- b.~ 0914 in of Bourgogne, Marneogne, France d.19 AUG 967
- b.~ 0860 d.1 SEP 921 in Auxerre
- b.~ 0893
- b.0825 in Burgundy, France d.0887
- b.0849 in of Burgundy, France d.AFT. 14 SEP 929
- b.~ 0829
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Details of Fulk III Nerra the Black's family with Hildegarde de Aquitaine
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author, Washington Ancestry & Records of McClain, Johnson & Forty Other, Overview Chart of Lineal Ancestors of King Edward III of
Further sources/citations:
Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author, Washington Ancestry & Records of McClain, Johnson & Forty Other, Overview Chart of Lineal Ancestors of King Edward III of
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