ANJOU COUNTY

Recommended reading includes: "Family Trees and the Roots of Politics" (edited K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, 1997).

FIRST HOUSE OF ANJOU

[ANJO251] Tortulfus the woodman m. ?
. [ANJO261] Tertullus m. [ROBE272] Petronille de St. Quentin
. . [ANJO271] Count Ingelgar of Anjou m. [CHAZ272] Adelais d'Amboise
. . . [ANJO281] Count Fulk I of Anjou m. [WARN282] Roscille de Loches
. . . . [ANJO292] Adele d'Anjou m. [VALS291] Count Gauthier I of Amiens, Mantes, Valois & the Vexin
. . . . [ANJO291] Count Fulk II of Anjou m1. [GATN292] Gerberga de Gatinais
. . . . . [ANJF301] Foulques de Briole m. [MAIG272] Berthe du Maine
. . . . . [ANJO304] Adelais d'Anjou m4. [PRO3311] March Count William I of Provence
. . . . . [ANJO306] Agnes d'Anjou m. [CRAZ301] Andre de Craon
. . . . . [ANJO302] Count Geoffrey I of Anjou m2. [CHAS344] Adelaide de Vergy
. . . . . . [ANJO313] Ermengarde d'Anjou m. [RENN331] Count Conan I of Brittany
. . . . . . [ANJO314] Gerberga d'Anjou m. [ANGO321] Count William II of Angouleme
. . . . . [ANJO301] Count Geoffrey I of Anjou m1. Adelaide
. . . . . . [ANJO312] Count Fulk III of Anjou m2. Hildegarde de Metz
. . . . . . . [ANJO322] Ermengarde d'Anjou m1. [GATI321] Count Geoffrey III of Gatinais
. . . . . . . [ANJO323] Ermengarde d'Anjou m2. [BURG302] Duke Robert I of Burgundy
. . . . . . [ANJO311] Count Fulk III of Anjou m1. [VENX312] Elisabeth de Vendome
. . . . . . . [ANJO324] Adela d'Anjou m. [VEND351] Count Bodon of Vendome

42. [ANJO251] Tortulfus, the woodman, was semi-mythical.

41. [ANJO261] Tertullus married [ROBE272] Petronille (daughter of Abbot Hugh at St. Quentin, see ROBERTIAN HOUSE).

40. [ANJO271] Ingelgar, Seneschal du Gatinais, Count of the Auxerre, married [CHAZ272] Adelais d'Amboise (heiress of Gatinais, niece [through her mother] of both Adalhard Bishop of Tours and Raino Bishop of Angers, and daughter of [CHAZ261] Count Fulco of Chateaudun, see CHATEAUDUN COUNTY). He was a soldier of fortune, later Vicomte de Orleans, and Count of Anjou (870-98). He died 898.

39. [ANJO281] Fulk I le roux [the red] (born 888) married [WARN282] Roscille (born c.880, daughter of Seigneur Garnier/Werner, see LOCHES), by whom he acquired La Haye, Loches and Villantrois. He was Count of Anjou (909-42), and died 942.

36. [ANJO292] Adele (daughter of Fulk) married [VALS291] Count Gauthier I (see VALOIS COUNTY).

38. [ANJO291] Fulk II le bon [the good] (born c.900, son of Fulk), Count of Anjou (942-60), married 1. (937) [GATN292] Gerberge (believed to be daughter of Geoffroi de Gatinais, see under HOUSE OF GATINAIS below); then 2. (after 952) [BLOI302] Gerberga de Blois (widow of [NANT321] Count Alain Barbe-Torte of Nantes, and daughter of [BLOI299] Count Thibaut I of Blois & Richilde). This Alain had previously married 1. (943) Roscille de Anjou, Fulk II's sister. Fulk died 11th November 958.

35. [ANJF301] Foulques de Briole (son of Fulk II & his 1st wife Gerberge) is described under BEAUVAU.

35. [ANJO306] Agnes (daughter of Fulk II & his 1st wife Gerberge) married [CRAZ301] Andre de Craon (see CRAON (1)).
33. [ANJO304] Adelais/Blanche (born c.942, daughter of Fulk II & 1st wife Gerberga) married 1. [GEVA311] Count Etienne of Gevaudan (see TURENNE COUNTY); then 2. (975) Count Raymond IV of Toulouse (son of [TOUL301] Count Raymond III, see TOULOUSE COUNTY), later killed; then 3. (982) EMPEROR LOUIS V OF THE WEST FRANKS (divorced 984); 4. (c.984-86) [PRO3311] Count William I of Arles (see PROVENCE (HOUSE OF AGEL) COUNTY), died c.994, then 5. (by 1016) [BUR3321] Count Otto-William (see BURGUNDY COUNTY). Adelais died 1026.

35-37. [ANJO309] Geoffrey I grisegonelle [greymantle] (born 938, son & heir of Fulk II & 1st wife Gerberga) married 1. Adela de Vermandois (daughter of Count Robert of Meaux & Troyes), died c.974; then 2. (March 979) [CHAS349] Adelaide de Vergy (widow, daughter of DUKE GILBERT OF BURGUNDY (see CHALONS-SUR-SAONE COUNTY). Geoffrey was Seneschal de France, at Anjou, and later Count of Anjou (960-87), and was killed at the Siege of Marcon (21st July 987).

36. [ANJO313] Ermengarde (born c.966, daughter of Geoffrey & his 1st wife Adela) married (c.973) [RENN331] DUKE CONAN I le tort (see BRITTANY (HOUSE OF RENNES) COUNTY).

31. [ANJO314] Gerberga (born c.982, only daughter of Geoffrey & his 2nd wife Adelaide) married [ANGO321] Count William II (see ANGOULEME COUNTY).

[ANJO315] Maurice (born c.978, son of Geoffrey & his 2nd wife Adelaide) took the title of Count of Anjou after his father's death (987), but almost immediately transferred the title and lands to his older half-brother, Fulk III nerra, the rightful heir. [Some historians dispute his accession to the title.] He died 1012.

29-34. [ANJO319] Fulk III nerra or le noire [black] (born 972, eldest son of Geoffrey & his 1st wife Adela) succeeded his older half-brother Maurice as Count of Anjou (987-1040). He married 1. [VENX312] Elizabeth (heiress of Vendome, and daughter of his uncle Count Bouchard of Vendome, see VENDOME COUNTY (1)), who was "boiled to death" as a witch (1000); then 2. Hildegarde de Metz (born 979). Fulk died at Metz (21st June 1040), and was succeeded by his son Geoffrey II martel, who was Count (1040-60) but left no issue. Hildegarde died April 1046.

33. [ANJO324] Adela (daughter of Fulk & Elisabeth, and heiress of Vendome) married [VEND351] Count Bodon (see VENDOME COUNTY).

32. [ANJO329] Ermengarde/Blanche (born October 1015, daughter & eventually heiress of Fulk III & Hildegarde) married 1. (c.1035) [GATI321] Count Geoffrey III fereole de Chateau-Landon (see later), then 2. (c.1048) [BURG309] DUKE ROBERT I OF BURGUNDY (see BURGUNDY (HOUSE OF CAPET) DUKEDOM.

HOUSE OF GATINAIS

FIRST LINE

[GATN271] Aubry d'Orleans m. [ORLE233] Engeltrudis d'Orleans
. [GATN281] Count Geoffroi of Nevers & Gatinais m. [AUVX282] Ava d'Auvergne
. . [GATN292] Gerberga de Gatinais m. [ANJO291] Count Fulk II of Anjou

40. [GATN271] Aubry d'Orleans, married [ORLE233] Engeltrudis (daughter of Count Odo, see ORLEANS COUNTY).

39. [GATN281] Geoffroi de Gatinais, Count of Nevers (926-35), Count of Gatinais (935-41), Vicomte de Orleans (942), married [AUVX282] Ava d'Auvergne (see AUVERGNE). Geoffroi died c.942, and afterwards Ava was Abbess of Sauxillanges.

38. [GATN292] Gerberge de Gatinais (daughter of Geoffroi) married (937) [ANJO291] Count Fulk d'Anjou (see earlier).
or married Alain III barbetorte , Count of Nantes, Dol et Vannes, et Poher, DUKE OF BRITTANY.

SECOND LINE

[GATI301] Albert du Perche m. --- de Chateaudun
. [GATI311] Count Hughes of Gatinais m. [MACN312] Beatrix de Macon
. . [GATI321] Count Geoffrey III of Gatinais m. [ANJO322] Ermengarde d'Anjou
. . . [GATI332] Count Fulk IV rechin of Anjou m1. [BAUG352] Hildegarde de Baugency
. . . . [GATI342] Ermengarde d'Anjou m2. [CORN371] Count Alan IV fergant of Brittany
. . . [GATI331] Count Fulk IV rechin of Anjou m5. [MONT353] Beatrice de Montfort
. . . . [GATI341] King Fulk of Jerusalem m1. [MAIN342] Countess Eremburge of Maine
. . . . . [PLAN362] Duke Geoffrey of Normandy &. his mistress
. . . . . [PLAN361] Duke Geoffrey of Normandy m1. [NORK352] Empress Matilda
. . . . . [GATI353] Sibyl d'Anjou m2. [ALSA372] Count Thierry III of Alsace

34. [GATI301] Albert du Perche (born c.950), Abbot of Micy, married --- (daughter of Vicomte Geoffroi de Chateaudun.

33. [GATI311] Hughes du Perche (born c.970), Count in the Gatinais, married (c.1000) [MACN312] Beatrix (widow of Count Geoffroy of Gatinais, and daughter of [MACN301] Count Aubry II (see MACON COUNTY).

32. [GATI321] Geoffrey fereole (born c.1000), Seigneur de Chateau-Landon, Count of Gatinais, married (c.1035) [ANJO329] Ermengarde d'Anjou (see earlier). Geoffrey died 1043-45. Afterwards Ermengarde married 2. (perhaps c.1050) [BURG309] DUKE ROBERT I of BURGUNDY. She died March 1076.

31. [GATI339] Fulk IV le rechin [surly] (born at Chateau-Landon, 1043) married (or cohabited with) 1. (1068) [MAIL332] Hildegarde (daughter of Seigneur Lancelin II, see BAUGENCY); then 2. (1070) Ermengarde de Bourbon (daughter of Sire Archambaud IV de Bourbon), but separated for consanguinity (1081); then 3. (21st January 1076) Orengarde (daughter of Isambart, Sire de Chatel Aillon), marriage later annulled after his 5th marriage; then 4. --- (daughter of [BRI2351] Gauthier I, see BRIENNE), repudiated; then 5. (1089, while still married to Arengarde) [MONT353] Bertrade (daughter of Seigneur Simon, see MONTFORT L'AMAURY), marriage also later annulled (15th May 1092). Fulk was Count of Anjou (1067-1109), succeeding his brother Geoffrey III le barbu who was Count of Anjou 1060-67. Fulk died 14th April 1109.

30. [GATI342] Ermengarde (born 1068, daughter of Fulk IV & Hildegarde) married 1. (1089) [AQUI351] DUKE WILLIAM IX OF AQUITAINE (divorced 1090); then 2. (c.1093) [CORN371] Count Alan IV fergant (see BRITTANY (CORNOUAILLE) COUNTY.

30. [GATI341] Fulk V le jeune [the young] (born 1092, son of Fulk IV & Bertrade) married 1. (1110) [MAIN342] Eremburge du Maine (daughter of Count Helias, see BAUGENCY), who died 1126; then 2. (2nd June 1129) Queen Melissende (eldest daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem). Fulk became Count of Anjou (1109-29), and afterwards King of Jerusalem (1131-43), see also JERUSALEM. Fulk was accidentally killed in the Plain of Acre (13th November 1144). His widow Melissende died 11th September 1161.

26. [GATI353] Sibyl (born 1116, daughter of Fulk V & Eremburge) married 1. (1123) Count William clito of Flanders, annulled 1124; 2. (1134) [ALSA372] Count Thierry of Flanders (see ALSACE COUNTY).

PLANTAGENET

[GATI341] King Fulk of Jerusalem m1. [MAIN342] Countess Aremburge of Maine
. [PLAN361] Duke Geoffrey of Normandy m1. [NORK352] Empress Matilda
. . [LONG441] King Henry II of England m. [CLIF432] Rosamund de Clifford
. . [PLAN371] King Henry II of England m. [AQUI372] Eleanor d'Aquitaine

28-29. [PLAN369] Geoffrey V le bel [handsome] (born 24th August 1113, son of [GATI341] Fulk V & Eremburge, see above) married (at Le Mans, June 1128) [NORK352] Matilda (born 1102, formerly Adelaide, daughter of King Henry I of England, see NORMAN KINGS). Matilda had previously married (at Mainz, 7th January 1114) EMPEROR HEINRICH V (died 1125), and she was afterwards usually referred to as EMPRESS MATILDA. Geoffrey was Count of Anjou and of Touraine & Maine (1129-51), and DUKE OF NORMANDY (1144-51). Geoffrey, was also known as plantagenet from his love of hunting over heath and broom, and was said to have worn a sprig of broom (planta genista) in his cap. He died at Chateau-du-Loire (7th September 1151), whilst Matilda died at Rouen (10th September 1167).

The enamel funerary plaque on Geoffrey's tomb, appears to be the earliest known example of coloured heraldry, showing a blue shield with gold lions. It was created c.1155-60 at the request of his widow, and so is not actually evidence that Geoffrey ever bore arms.

27. [SUR2441] Hamelin (illegitimate son of Geoffrey by an unknown woman) became 5th Earl of Surrey (see SURREY (PLANTAGENET) EARLDOM for full details).

26-28. [PLAN379] Henry FitzEmpress (born at Le Mans, March 1133, son of Geoffrey & Matilda) was Count of Anjou (1151-89), and afterwards King Henry II of England (1154-89, see PLANTAGENET KINGS for full details).