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- Fulk II d'Anjou, Comte d'Anjou also went by the nick-name of Fulk 'the Good'. He gained the title of Comte d'Anjou.
Fulk II of Anjou (died 958), son of Fulk 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. He was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle.
Fulk II died at Tours. Fulk's date of death 11 November 958 is given by Christian Settipani in his work La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien, but it's unclear upon what primary evidence this is based.
By his spouse, Gerberge, he had several children:
Adelais of Anjou, married five times
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois
Fulk II of Anjou (died 958), son of Fulk the Red, was count of Anjou from 942 to his death.[2]
He was often at war with the Bretons. He seems to have been a man of culture, a poet and an artist. He was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle.
Fulk II died at Tours. Fulk's date of death 11 November 958 is given by Christian Settipani in his work La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien, but it's unclear upon what primary evidence this is based.
By his spouse, Gerberge, he had several children:
Adelais of Anjou, married five times
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois
Fulk II of Anjou (c. 905-960), called le Bon (the good) was count of Anjou from 941 to his death.
Life
Fulk II born c. 905 was a son of Fulk the Red and his wife Roscilla de Loches, daughter of Warnerius, Seigneur de Villentrois. He succeeded his father in 941 as the second count of Anjou, also called the count of Angers, and remained in power until 960.
The Angevins, Fulk II included, had become particularly adept at establishing marriage alliances that furthered their goals. His father, Fulk the Red had arranged his marriage to a Carolinian, Gergerga, the daughter of Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne. Among other things this alliance opened the doors for their daughter Adelaide-Blanche to marry a future king of France and their son Guy to become Bishop of le Puy. After her death c. 952 Fulk made another astute political marriage to Adelaide, the widow of Alan count of Nantes, through which Fulk gained control of Nantes. She was also the sister of Theobald I, Count of Blois which formed an alliance with Blois.
Fulk died in 960. He was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle.
Issue
By his spouse, Gerberge, he had several children:
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, married five times.
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois.
Bouchard, Count of Vendome.
Guy of Anjou, Bishop of le Puy.
Humbert d'Anjou, mentioned 957.
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Abt 905 - 958 (~ 53 years)
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