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Fulk V, the Young, b. 1092, d. at Jerusalem, 10 Nov. 1143, Coun t of Anjou, King of Jerusalem; m. (1) 1110, Erembourg, d. 1126 , dau. of Helias, Count of Maine; m. (2) 2 June 1129, Melisend e de Rethel, d. 11 Sep. 1161, eldest dau. of Baldwin II (103A-25 ), King of Jerusalem, by whom he was father of Baldwin III, Kin g of Jerusalem, b. 1130, d.s.p. 10 Feb. 1162, and Amaury I, Kin g of Jerusalem, b. 1136, d. 11 July 1174. (Generations 19-25; N EHGR 99:34.)

Fulk V, Count of Anjou.

Fulk V, Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem. = Foulques V d'Anj ou

Fulk, byname FULK THE YOUNGER, French FOULQUES LE JEUNE (b. 1092 --d. November 1143, Acre, Palestine [now 'Akko, Israel]), coun t of Anjou and Maine as Fulk V (1109-31) and king of Jerusalem ( 1131-43). Son of Fulk IV the Surly and Bertrada of Montfort, h e was married in 1109 to Arenburga of Maine. Fulk exerted his co ntrol over his vassals and was later caught up in dynastic quarr els between the French and English kings. In 1128 his son Geoff rey Plantagenet married Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England , and became the progenitor of England's branch of the Angevin d ynasty. Fulk first visited Palestine in 1120 and returned in 112 9 to marry Melisend, daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. F ulk became king of Jerusalem on Baldwin II's death in 1131 and s pent the first year of his reign settling a dispute in Antioch ( Turkey) and putting down a revolt led by his wife's lover, Hug h of Le Puiset. In 1137 he allied himself with the Byzantines ag ainst a Turkish leader, 'Imad ad-Din Zangi, of Mosul (Iraq), an d in 1140 helped the Muslims of Damascus ward off Zangi's armies . He protected Jerusalem in the south by constructing a series o f fortresses, including Krak of Moab.

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