1564109 - Ct de Anjou, Fulk III Nerra the Black

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Nobility Title [E25668]			III
Birth [E25669]	956	of Anjou, France		2a 4c 4d 5b
Death [E25670]	1040-06-21	Metz, Middle Lorraine, France		2 4e 4f 5c
_FA1 [E25671]		Acceded: 987.		4g 4h 5d
_FA2 [E25672]		Known as a terrifying character of fiendish cruelty.		5e 4i 5f
_FA3 [E25673]		Plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of fale oaths.		5g 4j 5h
_FA4 [E25674]		Made 3 or 4 pilgrimages to Jerusalem to atone for his sins.		4k 4l 5i
_FA5 [E25675]		When taken w/ remorse he abandoned himself to incredible penances.		4m 4n 5j
_FA6 [E25676]		Buried at Abbey de St. Pierre de Beaulieu, France.		2 4o 4p 5k

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Ct de Anjou, Geoffrey I Grisegonelle [I29054]	938-11-11	987-07-21
Mother	de Vermandois, Adelaide de Chalon [I20113]	934	974
	Ct de Anjou, Fulk III Nerra the Black [I20079]	956	1040-06-21
Sister	de Anjou, Adela [I25690]	about 960	1029
Sister	de Anjou, Ermengard-Gerberge [I22231]	962

Families

Family of Ct de Anjou, Fulk III Nerra the Black and de Lorraine, Hildegarde [F8191]

Married

Wife

de Lorraine, Hildegarde [I3462] ( * 964 + 1046-04-01 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E56995]	989				2b 6a 3a 4q 4r 5

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Martel, Geoffrey of Anjou [I28378]		1060
de Anjou, Ermengard [I28815]	1018	1075/6-03-18 (Julian)

Narrative

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"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

Pedigree

Ct de Anjou, Geoffrey I Grisegonelle [I29054]
1. de Vermandois, Adelaide de Chalon [I20113]
  1. Ct de Anjou, Fulk III Nerra the Black
    1. de Lorraine, Hildegarde [I3462]
      1. Martel, Geoffrey of Anjou [I28378]
      2. de Anjou, Ermengard [I28815]
  2. de Anjou, Adela [I25690]
  3. de Anjou, Ermengard-Gerberge [I22231]

Ancestors

Ct de Anjou, Fulk III Nerra the Black
* 956
+ 1040-06-21

Ct de Anjou, Geoffrey I Grisegonelle
* 938-11-11
+ 987-07-21

Ct de Anjou, Fulk II the Good de Anjou
* 909
+ 958-11-11

Ct de Anjou, Fulk I the Red de Anjou
* 870
+ 942

de Loches, Rosalie
* 874
+ ...

de Gastinois, Gerberga
* 913
+ 952

de Gastinois, Geoffrey
*
+ ...

de Vermandois, Adelaide de Chalon
* 934
+ 974

Ct de Troyes, Robert de Vermandois
* 911
+ 968-08-29

Ct de Vermandois, Herbert II de Vermandois
* 884
+ 942/3-02-23 (Julian)

de France, Adela (Hildebrante)
* about 887
+ AFT. MAR 930/31

Cts de Troyes, Adela 'Were' de Troyes
* about 914
+ 967-08-19

Duc de Burgundy, Giselbert de Chalon
* 890
+ 956-04-08

de Burgundy, Ermengard
* about 893
+ ...

Source References

11615-2.ftw [S7587]
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Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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    b abt 970 of Anjou
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Washington Ancestry & Records of McClain, Johnson & Forty Other Colonial American Families [S283682]
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W.H. Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry [S283926]
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Birth Name	Ct de Anjou, Fulk III Nerra the Black 1a 2 3 4a 4b 5a
Gramps ID	I20079
Gender	male
Age at Death	84 years, 5 months, 20 days