Foulque V of Anjou
See also: Foulques
Foulque V of Anjou , known as the Young person , born towards 1090 with Angers, dead the November 10th 1143 or 1144 with Acre, was count d' Anjou and of Turns of 1109 with 1129, count of Maine of 1110 with 1129, then king de Jérusalem of 1131 with 1143. It was of the family of the Ingelgeriens and wire junior by Foulque IV Réchin, count d' Anjou and of Turns, and Bertrade de Montfort.
His/her elder half-brother Geoffroy Martel, had revolted against their father and Foulque supported his/her father against his brother. Geoffroy was assassinated with the seat of Candé in 1106, and Foulque Réchin died in 1109. Foulques the young person became then count d' Anjou and of Turns.
Count d' Anjou and of Maine
The major part of its activities as a count d' Anjou east of subduing and reducing its vassal the most turbulent, in particular those of Amboise. It takes and makes destroy several castles among more threatening for its capacity. Just after its advent, he marries Erembourg, girl and heiress of Hélie de Beaugency, count of Maine. This marriage definitively attaches Maine to Anjou, but the constrained one to follow a policy wavering between Henri I {{er}} Beauclerc, king d' Angleterre and duke of Normandy, and Louis VI the Large, king de France. With the wire of these inversion of alliances, it Marie her daughter with the son of Henri Ier in 1113.It leaves to fight in Holy Land in 1120 and, on its return, is joined king de France and supports it in its fight against the emperor Henri V and the king Henri I {{er}}. On the occasion, it Marie her daughter Sibyl with Guillaume Cliton, claiming with the throne of England. With the inversion of alliances according to, in 1124, this marriage will be cancelled and his/her son Geoffroy V will marry in 1128 Mathilde, girl of Henri Beauclerc and widow of the emperor Henri V. This marriage is at the origin of the dynasty of the Plantagenêt S.
King de Jérusalem
During its first pilgrimage in 1120, it had acquired in Holy Land a great reputation, and, become widowed in 1126, it is had a presentiment of to marry Mélisende of Jerusalem, girl of the king de Jérusalem Baudouin II. It thus turns over out of Holy Land in 1129, giving up with his son Geoffroy Beautiful the all his possessions in France.With died of Baudouin II in 1131, it is elected king de Jérusalem. Foulque must fight against the rebellion of Hugues II of Puiset, count de Jaffa, against his/her sister-in-law Alix of Jerusalem, princess of Antioche which did not hesitate to call with its assistance the atabeg Zengi and supported by Pons of Tripoli. It came to end from all these disorders and managed to maintain a balance between the Francs and the Moslems.
He dies in Acre the November 10th 1143 of a fall of horse, leaving two minor wire, the futures Baudouin III and Amaury Ier.
Marriage and children
He had married in first weddings in 1110 Erembourg († 1126), countess of Maine, girl of Hélie de Beaugency, count of Maine, and Mathilde of Castle-Of-Dormouse, and had had:- Geoffroy V '' Beautiful the '' or '' Plantagenêt '' († 1151), count d' Anjou, of Turns, Maine and duke of Normandy
- Hélie II († 1151), count of Maine
- Mathilde († 1119), married to Guillaume Adelin († 1120), wire and heir to the king Henri I {{er}} of England
- Sibyl († 1119), married in 1121 with Guillaume Cliton. The marriage was cancelled in 1124, and it remaria in 1139 with Thierry of Alsace, count de Flandre.
Widower, it remaria with Mélisende of Jerusalem (1101 † 1161), girl of Baudouin II, king de Jérusalem, and of Morfia de Malatya. They had:
Sources
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- Fulk V off Anjou
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