Fulk is an old European personal name, probably deriving from the Germanic ''

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'' ("people" or "chieftain"). It is cognate with the

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

Foulques, the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

Volk The German noun ''Volk'' () translates to people, both uncountable in the sense of ''people'' as in a crowd, and countable (plural ''Völker'') in the sense of '' a people'' as in an ethnic group or nation (compare the English term ''folk'') ...

, the Italian Fulco and the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Folke Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of and is made of the villages of Folke and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down. ...

, along with other variants such as

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 a ...

, Foulkes, Fulko,

Folco Folco is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Michel Folco (born 1943), French writer and photographer *Peter Folco (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player *Raymonde Folco Raymonde Folco is a Canadian politician, member of t ...

, Folquet, and so on. However, the above variants are often confused with names derived from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

'' Falco'' ("

falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons ...

"), such as Fawkes,

Falko Falko is a given name. Notable people with the name include the following notable people: ;Given name *Falko Bindrich (born 1990), German chess grandmaster *Falko Götz (born 1962), German former soccer player and last manager of Holstein Kiel *Fal ...

, Falkes, and Faulques.

Counts of Anjou

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 ...

(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 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 Ful ...

(1043–1109), ''"le Réchin"'' *

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 t ...

(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 Venerable" * Fulcher of Chartres (born around 1059, died in or after 1127) * Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem (died 1157), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem * Fulco (bishop of Estonia), appointed 1165 * Saint Fulk (lived in the 12th century), English saint * Fulk of Neuilly (died 1201), French preacher of the Fourth Crusade * Fulk of Pavia (1164–1229), Italian saint and Bishop of Piacenza, also known as Folco Scotti *

Folquet de Marselha Folquet de Marselha, alternatively Folquet de Marseille, Foulques de Toulouse, Fulk of Toulouse (c. 1150 – 25 December 1231) came from a Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille. He is known as a trobadour, and then as a fiercely anti- ...

(c.1150–1231), also known as Fulk of Toulouse, Provençal troubadour and Bishop of Toulouse *

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 p ...

(died 1271), Bishop of London * Folke Johansson Ängel (died 1277), Archbishop of Uppsala *

Fulke Lovell Fulke Lovell (or Fulk Lovel; died 1285) was a medieval Bishop of London-elect. Lovell held the prebends of Islington and Caddington Major in the diocese of London before he became Archdeacon of Colchester between 1263 and 1267.Greenway Fasti Eccl ...

(died 1285), Bishop of London-elect *

Foulques de Chanac Foulques de Chanac (died 25 July 1349) was Bishop of Paris from 28 November 1342 until his death. The previous bishop was Guillaume de Chanac, uncle of Foulques de Chanac. When Guillaume left the bishopric to become Latin Patriarch of Alexandria h ...

(died 1349), Bishop of Paris

Medieval noblemen

* Fulco of Ireland (8th–9th century), Irish soldier serving Charlemagne *

Fulke d'Aunou, also written Fulco and Foulques 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 a ...

(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 *

Fulk Bertrand of Provence Fulk Bertrand IHis name appears as Fulco or Fulcho and Bertrannus in contemporary documents. It is Foulques in modern French. His ordinal is a reference to a second Bertrand, his son, who later reigned in Provence. (died 27 April 1051) was the join ...

(died 1051), Count of Provence *

Fulk of Vendôme Fulk of Nevers (died 1066), known as Foulques l'Oison (meaning ''the Goose'', ''the Fool'', or ''the Idiot''), was the count of Vendôme from 1028 until his expulsion in 1032 and again from 1056 to his death. He was the second son of Bodon of Neve ...

(died 1066), Count of Vendôme, also known as Foulques l'Oison *

Fulco I, Margrave of Milan Fulco I d’Este (c. 1070 – 15 December 1128)According tC. Frison: ''Folco.'' In: ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''he possibly still lived in 1134 was the ancestor of the Italian line of the House of Este. Life Fulco was a son of Albert ...

(1070–1128), ancestor of the Italian branch of the House of Este *

Fulk of Angoulême Fulk of Angoulême was the eleventh count of Angoulême. He was the son of Count Geoffrey of Angoulême and Petronille De Archiac. He died in 1087 or 1089, depending on the sources. He had a son, who succeeded him in title and territory: *Willia ...

(died 1087 or 1089), Count of Angoulême * Fulco of Basacers (died after 1120), Italo-Norman knight * Fulk of Guînes (died 1125), Lord of Beirut * Fulk FitzRoy (1092–c. 1132), illegitimate son of Henry I of England *

Fulk I FitzWarin Fulk I FitzWarin ( born 1115, died 1170/1) (''alias'' Fulke, Fouke, FitzWaryn, FitzWarren, Fitz Warine, etc., Latinised to ''Fulco Filius Warini'', "Fulk son of Warin") was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in En ...

(1115-70/71), of Whittington Castle * Falkes de Breauté (died 1226), Anglo–Norman soldier and nobleman *

Fulk Baynard Fulk Baynard ( fl. 1226) was an English landowner, official under Henry III, and itinerant justice. Along with other holding, he was a vassal of Robert Fitzwalter. After Fitzwalter's attempt to kill John of England in 1212, Baynard was required ...

(died after 1226), English landholder and justice *

Fulk FitzWarin Fulk FitzWarin (1160x1180 – c. 1258), variant spellings ( Latinized ''Fulco filius Garini'', Welsh ''Syr ffwg ap Gwarin''), the third (Fulk III), was a prominent representative of a marcher family associated especially with estates in Shrops ...

(died 1258), English nobleman and outlaw *

Foulques de Villaret Foulques de Villaret (Occitan: Folco del Vilaret, Catalan: Folc del Vilaret; died 1 September 1327), a native of Languedoc-Roussillon, France, was the 25th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, succeeding his paternal uncle Guillaume de Villa ...

(died 1327), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller *

Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (25 October 1445 – 18 September 1479) was the son and heir of William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407–1470) and the father of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. He was feudal baron of Bampton in Devon. ...

(1445–1479), English baron of the House FitzWarin

Other people

Falquet de Romans Falquet (or Folquet) de RomansFalquet always appears in Latin documents as ''Falquetus de Rotmanis'' and his Occitan name is sometimes spelled ''Falqet'', ''Falqetz'', or ''Falkez'' and ''Rotmans'' or ''Roman''. His Italian name is ''Falchetto di ...

(died after 1233), Provençal troubadour *

Bertran Folcon d'Avignon Bertran Folcon d'Avignon or Bertran Folco d'Avinhon ( fl. 1202–1233) was a Provençal nobleman and troubadour from Avignon. He was a faithful partisan of Raymond VI and Raymond VII of Toulouse in Provence, and participated in the wars again ...

(died after 1233), Provençal troubadour *

Folco Portinari Folco Portinari (died 31 December 1289) was an Italian banker and several times the prior of Florence. He was the father of Beatrice Portinari, the woman largely identified as the character loved by Dante Alighieri and mentioned in his works. Po ...

(died 1289), Italian banker * Folquet de Lunel (1244–c. 1300), Occitan troubadour *

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, ''de jure'' 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke Order of the Bath, KB Privy Counsellor, PC (; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628), known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan ...

(1554–1628), English writer and statesman * Fulke Greville (1717–1806), youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort *

Robert Fulke Greville Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fulke Greville FRS (3 February 1751 – 27 April 1824) was a British Army officer, courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807. Life The son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick ...

(1751–1824), British Member of Parliament and courtier *

Robert Fulke Greville (landowner) Robert Fulke Greville (8 January 1800 – 12 September 1867) was a politician, soldier and landowner of the early Victorian era, the son of Regency courtier Robert Fulke Greville and Louisa, 2nd Countess of Mansfield. Greville stood as a Parlia ...

(1800–1867), politician, soldier and landowner *

Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville Colonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (17 February 1821 – 25 January 1883), known as Fulke Greville until 1866, was an Irish Liberal politician. Early life Greville was the second son of Algernon Greville, Esq., of North L ...

(1821–1883), Irish politician *

Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (6 April 1840 – 29 May 1895) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elevated in 1891. Early life Ruffo-Scilla was born in Palermo, Sicily. He was the son of Fulco Ruffo, 9th Prince of Scilla, and Eleonora ...

(1840–1895), Italian cardinal *

Folco de Baroncelli-Javon Folco de Baroncelli-Javon (1 November 1869 – 15 December 1943), was a French writer and cattle farmer. As an influential ''gardian'' (a kind of Provençal cowboy), he is an important figure in the traditional lifestyle and culture of the ...

(1869–1943), French writer and cattle farmer * Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (1884–1946), Italian World War I flying ace * Fulco di Verdura (1898–1978), Italian jeweller. * Fulke Walwyn (1910–1991), British jockey and horse trainer * Folco Lulli (1912–1970), Italian actor * Folco Quilici (1930–2018), Italian film director and screenwriter

As surname

William Fulke William Fulke (; 1538buried 28 August 1589) was an English Puritan divine. Life He was born in London and educated at St John's College, Cambridge graduating in 1557/58. After studying law for six years, he became a fellow at St John's College ...

(1538–1589), English Puritan divine * Giovanni Fulco (1615–c. 1680), Italian baroque painter *

Philip B. Fouke Philip Bond Fouke (January 23, 1818 – October 3, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Fouke attended the public schools and became a civil engineer. He established and published the Bellev ...

(1818–1876), American politician * George Clayton Foulk (1856–1893), American diplomat *

William Foulke (footballer) William Henry "Fatty" Foulke (12 April 1874 – 1 May 1916; sometimes spelled ''Foulk'', ''Foulkes'') was an English professional cricketer and football player. Foulke was renowned for his great size ( by some estimates) and weight, reaching ...

(1874–1916), English footballer and cricketer *

Clay Fulks Clay Fulks (1880–1964) was a writer on Arkansas lore. In his articles Fulks was one of those who shared H. L. Mencken's dichotomy between a backward and an enlightened South. This dichotomy Fulks blamed on an infestation of parsons. In 1918, Ful ...

(1880–1964), American writer and politician *

Robert Foulk Robert C. Foulk (May 5, 1908 – February 25, 1989) was an American television and film character actor who portrayed Sheriff H. Miller in the CBS series '' Lassie'' from 1958 to 1962. Early years Foulk attended the University of Pennsylva ...

(1908–1989), American actor *

Harry Fouke Harry Haydon Fouke (November 29, 1913 – November 5, 1992) was the first athletic director at the University of Houston, and served in the position from 1945 to 1979. Fouke attended Main Avenue High School in San Antonio, and graduated from Rice ...

(1913–1992), American athletic director * Joe Fulks (1921–1976), American baseball player *

Jack Fulk Jack Z. Fulk (November 30, 1932 – March 30, 2011) was an American businessman who co-founded the Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits fast food restaurant chain in 1977 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Life Fulk was born to Charles and Lucille H ...

(1932–2011), American businessman * Bill Foulkes (1932–2013), English footballer * William Fulco (1936–2021), American Jesuit priest and linguist * Raymonde Folco (born 1940), Canadian politician *

Michel Folco Michel Folco (born 23 September 1943) is a French writer and photographer. Before becoming a full time writer, Folco worked for various agencies as photographer. Bibliography * ''Dieu et nous seuls pouvons'' (1991) * ''Un loup est un loup ...

(born 1943), French writer and photographer * Robert D. Fulk (born 1951), American philologist * Peter Folco (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player *

Robbie Fulks Robert "Robbie" Fulks (born March 25, 1963) is an American alternative country singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and long-time Chicago, Illinois resident. He has released 13 albums over a career spanning more than 30 years. His 2016 record ''Upl ...

(born 1963), American country musician *

Philippe Di Folco Philippe Di Folco (born 20 June 1964 in Choisy-le-Roi) is a French author and teacher. Biography Born and raised in Val de Marne, near Paris, France, Philippe Di Folco studied Economics and Literature at School for Advanced Studies in the Soci ...

(born 1964), French author and teacher * Bettina Fulco (born 1968), Argentine tennis player *

Pierre Fulke Pierre Olof Fulke (born 21 February 1971) is a Sweden, Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour. Early life and amateur career Fulke was born in Nyköping. He came to represent Eksjö Golf Club, situated in the province of Sm� ...

(born 1971), Swedish golfer *

Alice Fulks Alice Claire Fulks (born January 16, 1982) is a voice and stage actress who got her start in voiceover work after she was introduced to ADV Films' ADR director Steven Foster, who cast her as the Countess of Werdenberg in the 2003 anime series '' ...

(born 1982), American actress

Counts of Anjou

Christian saints and clergymen

Medieval noblemen

Other people

As surname

See also