Foulques I "le Roux"

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Foulques I of Anjou (about 870-942), called the Red, was son of viscount Ingelger of Angers and Resinde. "Aelinde" D'Amboise, was the first count of Anjou from 898 to 941. He expanded the territory of the viscounty of Angers and it became a county around 930. During his reign he was permanently at war with the Normans and the Bretons. He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. He married Rosalie de Loches. He died around 942 and was succeeded by his son Foulques II.

Foulques married Roscille de LochesEngland. Roscille was born about 0874 in Villandry, Loches; died about 0938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Foulques II of Anjou (died 11 November 958), son of Foulques the Red, was Count of Anjou from 942 to his death. He was often at war with the Bretons. He seems to have been a man of culture, a poet and an artist. Foulques II died at Tours. His date of death, 11 November 958, is given by Christian Settipani in his work La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien. He was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle.

Foulques married Gerberge du Maine-GatinaisEngland. Gerberge was born about 0914; died about 0952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Geoffrey married Adelaide de VermandoisEngland. Adelaide (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 7 Dec 934 in Vermandois, Normandy, France; died on 21 Jul 982 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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House of Anjou

Foulques married Hildegarde du SundgauEngland. Hildegarde died about 1046. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]