Fulk III Nerra the Black Ct de 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 de Anjou and his mother was Adelais de Chalon de Vermandois. His paternal grandparents were Fulk II le Bon de Anjou Ct de Anjou and Gerberga de Gastinois; his maternal grandparents were Robert de Vermandois Ct de Troyes and Adela 'Were' de Troyes Cts de Troyes. 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. He was buried in Acceded: 987..1 1 General Notes
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Custom Field:<_FA#> Known as a terrifying character of fiendish cruelty.@@S00596 7@@b 990
Custom Field:<_FA#> Plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of fale o aths.@@S005967@@b 990
Custom Field:<_FA#> When taken w/ remorse he abandoned him self to incredible penances.@@S005967@@b 990
Custom Field:<_FA#> Buried at Abbey de St. Pierre de Beaulieu, France.@@S005856@@@@S005967@@b 990
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[G675.g ed]
"Not all founders [of monasteries] were known for their kindness. Fulk
o f Anjou, plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of false oaths, a truly
terr ifying character of fiendish cruelty, founded not one but two large
abbeys. T his Fulk was filled with unbridled passion, a temper directed to
extremes. Wh enever he had the slightest difference with a neighbor he
rushed upon his land s, 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 inc redible 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 t imes during his life he went to
Jerusalem as a devout pilgrim, treading half-n aked the sorrowful road of
the
passion while two of his servants flogged him until the blood flowed,
crying, "Lord, receive thy perjured Fulk!" "
--- Ric hard 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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- b.0909 d.11 NOV 958
- 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.~ 0840 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.~ 0902
- b.0884 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 942/43 in St. Quentin, Aisne, France
- b.~ 0845
- b.0911 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.29 AUG 968
- b.0866 in of Bourgogne, France d.15 JUN 923 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0887 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.AFT. MAR 930/31
- b.~ 0870
- b.0934 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0974
- b.~ 0914 in of Bourgogne, Marneogne, France d.19 AUG 967
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Details of Fulk III Nerra the Black's family with Hildegarde de Lorraine
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