Fulk DE ANJOU, V

Abt 1092 - 1143  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Fulk DE ANJOU
  Suffix	V
  Born	Abt 1092
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	The Younger
  Occupation	Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem
  Cause of Death	Crushed by his falling horse
  Died	13 Nov 1143	Yerushalayim St, Acre, Israel
  Person ID	I32828	Main
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Foulques DE ANJOU, IV,   b. Abt 1043, Anjou, Normandy, France ,   d. 14 Apr 1109, Anjou, Normandy, France  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Queen Bertrade DE MONTFORT, I,   b. 1070, Montfort, Aquitaine, France ,   d. 14 Feb 1117, Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France  (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F31100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess Ermengarde LA FLÈCHE-DE BAUGENCY,   b. Abt 1096,   d. 12 Oct 1126  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	1110
  Children	+ 1. Count Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, V,   b. 24 Aug 1113, Le Mans, Maine, Normandy [France] ,   d. 7 Sep 1151, Chateau-du-Loir, Pays de la Loire, Normandy [France]  (Age 38 years)
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F14608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 13 Nov 1143 - Yerushalayim St, Acre, Israel  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Fulk-V-deAnjou Full was the first count of Anjou to use a seal

  
  

• Notes

  In 1143, while the king and queen were in Acre, Fulk was killed in a hunting accident. His horse stumbled, fell, and Fulk's skull was crushed by the saddle, "and his brains gushed forth from both ears and nostrils", as William of Tyre describes. He was carried back to Acre, where he lay unconscious for three days before he died. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly. Fulk was survived by his son Geoffrey of Anjou by his first wife, and Baldwin III and Amalric I by Melisende. —— Fulk was "a ruddy man, like David... faithful and gentle, affable and kind... an experienced warrior full of patience and wisdom in military affairs." His chief fault was an inability to remember names and faces. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk,_King_of_Jerusalem.