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'' ("people" or "chieftain"). It is cognate with the French Foulques, the German

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, the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

Fulco and the

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Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke,

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

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'' Falco'' ("

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Fawkes Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The surname may be a corruption of the Norman surname Vaux, which means valley. Notably, Guy Fawkes was sometimes rec ...

, Falko, Falkes, and Faulques.

Counts of Anjou

* Fulk I, Count of Anjou (about 870–942), ''"the Red"'' *

Fulk II, Count of Anjou Fulk II of Anjou (c. 905 — 960), called ("the Good") was Count of Anjou from 942 to his death.Refer to Bernard S. Bachrach, "Fulk Nerra: Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040" (California, 1993) 261 and 262 for a useful genealogy of the Angevin comital l ...

(died 958), ''"the Good"'' *

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 Lo ...

(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 Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros (French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le Pu ...

, later known as Clement IV, Pope 1265–1268 *

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 ce ...

(died 900), "the Venerable" *

Fulcher of Chartres Fulcher of Chartres (c. 1059 in or near Chartres – after 1128) was a priest who participated in the First Crusade. He served Baldwin I of Jerusalem for many years and wrote a Latin chronicle of the Crusade. Life Fulcher was born c. 1059. His app ...

(born around 1059, died in or after 1127) *

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 ...

(died 1157), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem *

Fulco (bishop of Estonia) Fulco was the first known missionary Bishop of Estonia. He was appointed in 1165 by Eskil, the Danish Archbishop of Lund. Before his appointment, Fulco was a Benedictine monk in the abbey of Moutier-la-Celle, near Troyes in France. His ancestry is ...

, appointed 1165 *

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 Santo ...

(lived in the 12th century), English saint *

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 F ...

(died 1201), French preacher of the Fourth Crusade *

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 c ...

(1164–1229), Italian saint and Bishop of Piacenza, also known as Folco Scotti * Folquet de Marselha (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 ...

(died 1271), Bishop of London *

Folke Johansson Ängel Folke Johansson Ängel (Latin: Fulco Angelus) (died 1277) was Archbishop of Uppsala. Biography He was ordained by Pope Gregory X in 1274 and was Archbishop of Uppsala until his death in 1277. As archbishop, he crowned King Magnus Ladulås in 12 ...

(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 Ec ...

(died 1285), Bishop of London-elect * Foulques de Chanac (died 1349), Bishop of Paris

Medieval noblemen

Fulco of Ireland Fulco of Ireland (fl. 8th/9th century) was an Ireland, Irish soldier. Biography Fulco was an Irish people, Irish soldier who came to France with four thousand Irishmen to serve Charlemagne. He married a woman named Da Spettini and they produced a ...

(8th–9th century), Irish soldier serving Charlemagne * 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 * Fulk Bertrand of Provence (died 1051), Count of Provence * Fulk of Vendôme (died 1066), Count of Vendôme, also known as Foulques l'Oison * Fulco I, Margrave of Milan (1070–1128), ancestor of the Italian branch of the House of Este * Fulk of Angoulême (died 1087 or 1089), Count of Angoulême *

Fulco of Basacers Fulco of Basacers (''floruit'' 1083–1120) was an Italo-Norman knight and landholder with considerable possessions in the Val di Crati in Calabria. The seat of his lordship was "Brahalla", a place or castle that no longer exists.''Medieval Europea ...

(died after 1120), Italo-Norman knight *

Fulk of Guînes Fulk of Guînes () (died bef. 1125) was the first Lordship of Beirut, Lord of Beirut (1110–''c''.1117) following its conquest in the wake of the First Crusade. He was from Guînes in the Boulonnais (land area), Boulonnais, the second son of Count ...

(died 1125), Lord of Beirut *

Fulk FitzRoy Fulk FitzRoy was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was ...

(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 E ...

(1115-70/71), of Whittington Castle * Falkes de Breauté (died 1226), Anglo–Norman soldier and nobleman * Fulk Baynard (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 (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 (died after 1233), Provençal troubadour * Bertran Folcon d'Avignon (died after 1233), Provençal troubadour * Folco Portinari (died 1289), Italian banker *

Folquet de Lunel Folquet de Lunel (1244 – c. 1300) was a troubadour from Lunel (in the modern Hérault) in the Languedoc. He left behind nine recorded lyric poems, including five ''cansos'', two ''partimens'', and two ''sirventes The ''sirventes'' or ''s ...

(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 KB PC (; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628), known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman w ...

(1554–1628), English writer and statesman *

Fulke Greville (1717–1806) Fulke Greville (1717–1806) of Wilbury House, Newton Toney, Wiltshire, England, was an English landowner and diplomat. He was the son of Algernon Greville and Mary Somerset, daughter and coheiress of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of ...

, 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 Warwic ...

(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 In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Vict ...

(1800–1867), politician, soldier and landowner * Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (1821–1883), Irish politician * Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (1840–1895), Italian cardinal * Folco de Baroncelli-Javon (1869–1943), French writer and cattle farmer *

Fulco Ruffo di Calabria Fulco VIII, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke of Guardia Lombarda (12 August 1884 – 23 August 1946) was an Italian World War I flying ace and senator of the Kingdom from 1934 until his death. He was the father of Paola, Queen of the Belgi ...

(1884–1946), Italian World War I flying ace *

Fulco di Verdura Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura and Marquis of Murata la Cerda (20 March 1898 – 15 August 1978), was an influential Italian jeweller. His career began with an introduction to designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel by composer Cole Por ...

(1898–1978), Italian jeweller. *

Fulke Walwyn Fulke Thomas Tyndall Walwyn CVO (8 November 1910 – 18 February 1991) was a British jockey and a celebrated racehorse trainer, who was particularly successful in National Hunt racing. Life Walwyn was born in Wrexham. His twin sister, Helen Jo ...

(1910–1991), British jockey and horse trainer *

Folco Lulli Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1970) was an Italian partisan and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970. He was the brother of actor Piero Lulli. Selected filmography * ''How I Lost the War'' (1947) * ' ...

(1912–1970), Italian actor *

Folco Quilici Folco Quilici (9 April 1930 – 24 February 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed a total of 22 films between 1952 and his retirement in 2005, including '' Tiko and the Shark'' ( it). His 1955 film ''L'ultimo par ...

(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 Colleg ...

(1538–1589), English Puritan divine *

Giovanni Fulco Giovanni Fulco (1615-c. 1680) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography He was born in Messina. After having learned the first principles of design there, he went to Naples, where he entered the school of Cavalière Massimo Stanzione ...

(1615–c. 1680), Italian baroque painter * Philip B. Fouke (1818–1876), American politician *

George Clayton Foulk George Clayton Foulk (October 30, 1856 – 1893) was a United States Navy officer and U.S. Naval Attache to the Kingdom of Korea in 1876. He also served as chargé d'affaires to the Kingdom of Korea in the absence of the American minister or con ...

(1856–1893), American diplomat * William Foulke (footballer) (1874–1916), English footballer and cricketer * Clay Fulks (1880–1964), American writer and politician * Robert Foulk (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 Fox Tech High School, Main Avenue High School in San Antonio, an ...

(1913–1992), American athletic director *

Joe Fulks Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks (October 26, 1921 – March 21, 1976) was an American professional basketball player, sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards". He was posthumously enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball ...

(1921–1976), American baseball player * Jack Fulk (1932–2011), American businessman *

Bill Foulkes William Anthony Foulkes ( or ; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester ...

(1932–2013), English footballer *

William Fulco William J. Fulco, S.J. (February 24, 1936 – November 29, 2021) was a Jesuit priest and National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Fulco was born ...

(1936–2021), American Jesuit priest and linguist *

Raymonde Folco Raymonde Folco is a Canadian politician, member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She represented the Quebec riding of Laval—Les Îles in the House of Commons of Canada through 5 successive parliaments from 1997 to 2011, when she left politi ...

(born 1940), Canadian politician * Michel Folco (born 1943), French writer and photographer *

Robert D. Fulk Robert Dennis Fulk (born October 2, 1951) is an American philologist and medievalist who is Professor Emeritus of English and Germanic Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Biography Robert Dennis Fulk was born in Chicago on October 2, 1951. ...

(born 1951), American philologist *

Peter Folco Peter Folco (born August 13, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League and the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association between 1974 and ...

(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 ''Up ...

(born 1963), American country musician * Philippe Di Folco (born 1964), French author and teacher *

Bettina Fulco Bettina Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired professional women's tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 on 10 October 1988. Fulco began playing tennis at age ten, at the university club in her hometow ...

(born 1968), Argentine tennis player * Pierre Fulke (born 1971), Swedish golfer * Alice Fulks (born 1982), American actress

Counts of Anjou

Christian saints and clergymen

Medieval noblemen

Other people

As surname

See also