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Fulk
Fulk is an old European personal name, probably deriving from the Germanic ''folk'' ("people" or "chieftain"). It is cognate with the French Foulques, the German Volk, the Italian Fulco and the Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco, Folquet, and so on. However, the above variants are often confused with names derived from the Latin '' Falco'' ("falcon"), such as Fawkes, Falko, Falkes, and Faulques. Counts of Anjou *Fulk I, Count of Anjou (about 870–942), ''"the Red"'' *Fulk II, Count of Anjou (died 958), ''"the Good"'' *Fulk III, Count of Anjou (972–1040), ''"the Black"'' *Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043–1109), ''"le Réchin"'' *Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1089/1092–1143), ''"the Younger"'', also Count of Anjou Christian saints and clergymen * Saint Foulques de Fontenelle (died 845), French saint and 21st abbot of Fontenelle *Guy Foulques, later known as Clement IV, Pope 1265–1268 *Fulk (archbishop of Reims) (died 900), "the Vene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk, King Of Jerusalem
Fulk ( la, Fulco, french: Foulque or ''Foulques''; c. 1089/1092 – 13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger, was the count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129 and the king of Jerusalem with his wife from 1131 to his death. During their reign, the Kingdom of Jerusalem reached its largest territorial extent. Count of Anjou Fulk was born at Angers, between 1089 and 1092, the son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort. In 1092, Bertrade deserted her husband, and bigamously married King Philip I of France. Fulk V became count of Anjou upon his father's death in 1109. In the next year, he married Countess Ermengarde of Maine, cementing Angevin control over the County of Maine. Fulk was originally an opponent of King Henry I of England and a supporter of King Louis VI of France, but in 1118 or 1119 he allied with Henry when he arranged for his daughter Matilda of Anjou to marry Henry's son William Adelin. Fulk went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1119 or 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk IV, Count Of Anjou
Fulk is an old European personal name, probably deriving from the Germanic ''folk'' ("people" or "chieftain"). It is cognate with the French Foulques, the German Volk, the Italian Fulco and the Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco, Folquet, and so on. However, the above variants are often confused with names derived from the Latin '' Falco'' ("falcon"), such as Fawkes, Falko, Falkes, and Faulques. Counts of Anjou *Fulk I, Count of Anjou (about 870–942), ''"the Red"'' *Fulk II, Count of Anjou (died 958), ''"the Good"'' *Fulk III, Count of Anjou (972–1040), ''"the Black"'' *Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043–1109), ''"le Réchin"'' * Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1089/1092–1143), ''"the Younger"'', also Count of Anjou Christian saints and clergymen * Saint Foulques de Fontenelle (died 845), French saint and 21st abbot of Fontenelle *Guy Foulques, later known as Clement IV, Pope 1265–1268 *Fulk (archbishop of Reims) (died 900), "the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk III, Count Of Anjou
Fulk III, the Black ( 987–1040; fro, Foulque Nerra), was an early count of Anjou celebrated as one of the first great builders of medieval castles. It is estimated Fulk constructed approximately 100 castles, along with abbeys throughout the Loire Valley in what is now France. He fought successive wars with neighbors in Brittany, Blois, Poitou and Aquitaine and made four pilgrimages to Jerusalem during the course of his life. He had two wives and three children. Fulk was a natural horseman and fearsome warrior with a keen sense of military strategy that bested most of his opponents. He was allied with the goals and aims of the Capetians against the dissipated Carolingians of his era. With his county seat at Angers, Fulk's bitter enemy was Odo II of Blois, his neighbor 128 km east along the Loire river, at Tours. The two men traded towns, followers and insults throughout their lives. Fulk finished his first castle at Langeais, 104 km east of Angers, on the banks of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk II, Count Of Anjou
Fulk II of Anjou (c. 905 — 960), called ("the Good") was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Count of Anjou from 942 to his death.Refer to Bernard Bachrach, Bernard S. Bachrach, "Fulk Nerra: Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040" (California, 1993) 261 and 262 for a useful genealogy of the Angevin comital line. Life Fulk II born K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, ''Family Trees and the Root of Politics; A Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century'' (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1997), p. 255 was a son of Fulk I of Anjou, Fulk the Red and his wife Roscilla de Loches, daughter of Warnerius, Fee (feudal tenure), Seigneur de Villentrois.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 116 He succeeded his father in 942 as the second count of County of Anjou, Anjou, and remained in power until 960. The House of Ingelger, Angev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarch Fulk Of Jerusalem
Fulk (or Fulcher) of Angoulême was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1146 to his death in 1157. Fulk came from Angoulême. According to William of Tyre, he was "religious and God-fearing, possessed of little learning, but a faithful man and a lover of discipline." In France he had been abbot of Cellefrouin, and came to Jerusalem during the schism between Pope Innocent II and Antipope Anacletus II in 1131, as the Bishop of Angoulême favoured Anacletus and Fulk favoured Innocent. In Jerusalem he served as a canon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and in 1134 he succeeded William I, an Englishman and former prior of the Holy Sepulchre,This William was prior of the Holy Sepulchre from around 1123 until 1128, the year he was elected Archbishop of Tyre. William the Englishman was succeeded as prior by William of Malines, who went on to become Patriarch in 1130. See William of Tyre, "A History of Deeds Done beyond the Sea", vol. 2, bk. 13, ch. 23, 26, pp. 35-36 and 43. as Archbish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk (archbishop Of Reims)
Fulk the Venerable (died June 17, 900) was archbishop of Reims from 883 until his death. He was a key protagonist in the political conflicts of the West Frankish kingdom that followed the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire in the late ninth century. Biography Fulk was born into a powerful aristocratic family, and his brother was Anscar I, Margrave of Ivrea. He became a palace cleric of Charles the Bald, and by 877 had been made abbot of the abbey of Saint Bertin near Saint-Omer, France. He was consecrated archbishop of Reims in March 883, succeeding the long-serving Hincmar. As bishop, he corresponded with rulers, bishops and popes about a range of political and religious matters. Much of what is known about Fulk's career comes from the historian Flodoard's ''History of the Church of Reims'', written in 948-52, which narrates his life and preserves summaries of some 76 letters, half of which were written to or sent by popes. Fulk corresponded with Alfred the Great regarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk I, Count Of Anjou
Fulk I of Anjou ( 870 – 942) — ("Fulk the Red", i.e., "Red Falcon") — held the county of Anjou first as viscount, then count, until his death. Life Born about 870, Fulk was the son of Ingelger of Anjou and Adelais of Amboise. He was the first Count of Anjou, ruling the county from about 908 to 942. In 899 he became Viscount of Tours and in 905 Count of Tours. In about 910 he was Count of Nantes. He increased his territory as a viscountcy of Angers and, around 929, he claimed the title Count of Anjou. During his lordship, he was frequently at war with the Normans and the Bretons The Bretons (; br, Bretoned or ''Vretoned,'' ) are a Celtic ethnic group native to Brittany. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Brittonic speakers who emigrated from southwestern Great Britain, particularly Cornwall and Devon, mo .... He occupied the county of Nantes in 907, but abandoned it to the Bretons in 919. Fulk I died around 942. Family Fulk married Roscille de Loches, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke
Fulke may refer to: *Fulke d'Aunou, also written Fulco and Foulques (1004-1080?), Baron of Aunou-le-Faucon, Normandy. Second cousin of William of Normandy and one of 30 knights named as present with William at the Battle of Hastings (1066), he was awarded lands around High Littleton, Somerset, England *Fulke Lovell (or Fulk Lovel) was a medieval Bishop of London elect *Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman *Fulke Greville (1717–1806) (1717–1806), the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort *Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (1821–1883), Irish politician *Fulke Johnson Houghton (b. 1940), British racehorse trainer *Fulke Walwyn (1910–1991), British jockey and racehorse trainer *Pierre Fulke (born 1971), Swedish golfer who played on the European Tour *Robert Fulke Greville (1751–1824), British Member of Parliament (MP) and courtier *Robert Fulke Greville (landowner) (1800–1867), politician, soldier an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk Of Pavia
Fulk (1164 - 26 OctoberSome sources suggest he died on 16 December. 1229) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Piacenza from 1210 until 1217 and later as the Bishop of Pavia from 1217 until his death. He served in various capacities prior to his episcopal appointment such as a canon and provost. He was known for making the effort of keeping out of political affairs since he wanted to dedicate himself more to diocesan affairs. He was not consecrated as a bishop while in Piacenza until 1216 and some months after was transferred to Pavia where he would remain until his death. Life Fulk was born in Piacenza in 1164 to Scottish parents who had Irish origins; he was also known as Folco Scotti with that surname being given during those times to Irish people who emigrated to the Italian mainland. In 1184 he entered the Canons Regular of Sant'Eufemia before he did theological studies in Paris at the college there after having been sent there around 1185 (though he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk Basset
Fulk Basset (died 4 May 1271) was archbishop of Dublin. He was the elder brother of John de Sandford, who was also Archbishop of Dublin from 1284 to 1290. He was called Fulk de Sandford and also Fulk Basset, owing to his relationship to the prominent landowning Basset family of Devon and Cornwall. Having been Archdeacon of Middlesex and treasurer and chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, London, he was appointed archbishop of Dublin by Pope Alexander IV in 1256. He took some slight part in the government of Ireland under Henry III and died at Finglas on 4 May 1271. He was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; his brother John was buried in the same tomb in 1294. His death led to a long struggle between rival candidates for the See, Fromund Le Brun and William de la Corner, which was not resolved until 1279, when they were both passed over in favour of John de Derlington John de Derlington (John of Darlington) (died 1284) was an English Dominican, Archbishop of Dublin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulk Of Neuilly
Fulk of Neuilly (also appearing in the forms "Fulke," "Foulque," "Foulques," "Fulco," "Folco," ''etc''., and as "de Neuilly") (died 1201) was a French preacher of the twelfth century, and priest of Neuilly-sur-Marne. His preaching encouraged the Fourth Crusade. He is a '' beatus'' of the Roman Catholic Church; his feast is celebrated on March 2. A priest at Neuilly from 1191, he attended the lectures of Peter the Chanter in Paris. He began to preach from 1195, and gained a reputation for piety and eloquence. His preaching focused on reforming people's morality and many of his denunciations were upon the sins of usury and lustfulness. Clerical concubinage was a common target of his and he would often point out priests and concubines that were guilty of this sin in the crowd when he was preaching. It was reported that he rebuked King Richard I of England by advising him to marry off his three evil daughters, his Pride, Greed, and Lechery; and that the king replied that he would marry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Fulk
The first Saint Fulk (there were three) was an English pilgrim who was beatified for his selfless assistance of plague victims even when this was a risk to himself. He was travelling to Rome sometime in the 12th century, when he stopped at Santopadre, or Castrofuli, in southern Italy, to help plague victims. He died of the plague, and was beatified and adopted as the patron saint of Castrofuli. His cult was approved in 1572, and his feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ... is May 22. References Medieval English saints 12th-century deaths from plague (disease) 12th-century Christian saints {{England-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
