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Folk (Fulk, Foulke)A Foulke- Fulke- Fulk- Folk HERALDIC DESCRIPTION OF FOLK ARMS ---Ported per pale vert and guM.v, a flour -de -Iia ermine. CREST— A cubit arm erect, hubited per vale and gules, cuffed ermine•. the hand. holding wheat proper. �Isu V',it Poi! r_ OAVIE CO, PUBLIC LIBRARY 'iJOC!'SVP LEz NO Pdge 1 FULKE, FULK, FOLK Counts of Anjoy, forerunners of the Hous.• of Plantagenet FORTULF INGELGER o Aelendis, niece of the Archbishop of Tours HULK f '111L RED i Itu bCIl Id, daugh LCL ut Wank,, l.0 rd U Luckea, V Ilan L, am mud La Ildyc b, ca 865 d.1942 ingelger of Anjou slain in battle against the pirates Guy Look holy orders, became Bishop of Soissons FULK THE COOL) 1. Gerberga 2. sister of Theobald, Count of Blois and Chartres GEOFFREY GREYGOWN - 1. Adele, daughter of Herbert of Vermandois —2. Adelae, Countess of Chalon-sur-Saone daughter of Robert of Vermandoie andhis wife Vera, daughter of Gilbert of Burgundy and heiress of Chalon. r FULK THE BLACK - 1, daughter of Count Burchard of Vendome 2. the Lady Hildegard GEOFFREY MARTEL (The Hammer) Agnes, daughter of Otto William Chia third cousin, see Page 2) With this Geoffrey expired the direct male line from Fulk the Red.Anjou was divided in four parte between four nephews of Geoffrey Martel, the eldeat and foremost being 1070 FULK LE RECHIN (Quarrelsome) - 1. Hermengard of Bourbon, he left her for 2. Arengard of Chateau-Aillon, with whom he lived without benefit of clergy 3. Bertrada de Montforte i Geoffrey Martel II . Aremberg, FULK, Count of Anjou d. May, 1106 only child and heiress of Elias, Count of Maine Fulk had three sone by Aremberg, of whom Matilda of Anjou . William the Aethling, son of Henry I, King of England (William drowned in The White Ship) Whitsunday, 1128 KEY, Count of Anjou - Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England OAVIE CO. PUBLIC 13BRAR,Y M0GKSVILLF, NO FULKE, FOLK, FOLK 3 Counts of Anjou Forerunners of the House of Plantagenet Translated from the Historia Cometum Andegavensium written by Thomas Pacitue, Prior of Loches, 1185 A.U. FOkTULF 898 A.D. PIAWA g.nLL41 In the depths of a gloomy forest -belt which ran along the Breton border at the foot of a range of hills that shelter the western aide of the Valley of the Mayenne, there dwelt in the days of Charles the Bald, eon of Emperor Louis the Gentle, a valient forester, Fortulf. He quitted the hardy, hazardous borderers life -- half hunter, half bandit, to throw himself into the struggle of Charles the Bald against incursions of the pirates (note: Viking raiders under our ancestor Rollo the Ganger). Charles set him to keep the pirates out of Touraine, and gave him a congenial poet as forester of a wooded district known as 'Nid de Marle' (blackbird's nest). In this wild fastness Fortulf lay in wait for the marauders and sprang forth to meet them with a daring and a success which earned him his sovereign's favor and the allianace of the Duke of the French. His son INCELGER followed him steps; marriage came to the help of arms, and with the hand of Aelendis, niece of the archbishop. of Tours, ingelger acquired her land@ at Amboise. The dowery was a valuable one with rich and fertile lands located between Tours and Blois on the south bank of the Loire. A mightier stronghold than Amboise, however. Their son, a ruddy youth named FULK THE KED, early entered the service of Count Odo of Paris and was entrusted with the city of Angier@ as Viscount. A trustworthy and loyal subject, he successively was given the abbacies of St. Aubin and St. Licenius at Angier@, the Viscounty of Tours and finally became the first hereditary Count of the Angevin March. This came about around the time that Aethelstan succeeded Edward the Elder in England. FOLK married Roecilla, and her dowry was the township of Loches, by which Fulk gained the heart of Southern Touraine, a foot -hold which coupled with what he already possessed at Amboise. The traditional Golden Age of Anjou occurred under their son FULK THE GOOD. He cultivated the arts of peace; his gentle disposition and refined tastes made him loved and respected by all of Anjou. He established colleges and was himself a scholar, poet and he composed many hymns to his patron, Saint Martin de Tours. Yet he was a practical energetic ruler who worked herd at the improvement and cultivation of his marchlands. He married Gerberga by whom he had a eon, Geoffrey Greygown. He lived a long, full life and died in the arms of the cannons at the Church of St. Martin de Tours as he knelt to take communion. W.VIE CO. ?UBUC LRMW, MOCKSW-LE6 W?` rage 4 GEOFFREY GREYGOWN was so called because he adopted the rough, coarsewove dress of the peasant. He was a rough warrier and like his forbear Fortulf, waylaid enemies who tried to invade Anjou. He extracted ransome from them for their release. In this way he acquired the city of Nantes from Guerech, Count of Brlttalny. FULK THE BLACK was eight years old when his father died. Throughout his 53 year,reign as Count of Anjou he was one of the moat conspicuous and brilliant figures in French history. Of very contradictory character, he alternated between blind rage and fits of vehement repentance. His entire reign was devoted to the re -consolidation of his marchland -- torn apart by internal and external ware in the time of his father. His first wife was burned at the stake as a witch while their eon was still in his cradle. Folk the Black Count, to atone for his wife's supposed sine undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalemq in 1000 A.D. By craft and cunning he outwitted the Turks, and while kissing the sacred stone of the sepulchre he noticed a loose piece which he managed to bite off and escaped the notice of the Turks by carrying it in his mouth. This he brought home and built an abbey for the reception of the relic. The abbey was built on a green meadow called by the Latin name of Belli -locus (French Beaulieu). In the meantime he had married the Lady Hildegard and the two presided over the dedication in May, 1012, of the Church of the Holy Trinity. In all, Count Fulk made four pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and he died 21 June, 1040, on the way home from his fourth. His body was embalmed and carried home to be buried in the chapter house at Beaulieu. The Lady Hlldesa rule weoL Lu die Ln Jerusalem. For seven centuried thereafter, the monks kept the anniversary of Fulk and Hildegarde. GEOFFREY MARTEL (the Hammer) was a rival of William the Conquerer, but did not inherit his father's statesmanship. His was a very harsh and oppressive tenure. He was finally conquered in a war with William the Conquerer and He dit with him expired the male line of Fulk the Red. The next male heirs were Noveml the four sons of Adele, half stater of Geoffrey by Folk the Black and the 1060. Lady Hildegarde. Anjou was divided between the four eons, the eldest and chief of whom was FULK Is RECHIN. His eldest eon, Geoffrey Martel II led a scandalous and trenchant life, so much so that he was ex -communicated by the Church. He was re -instated in 1094, but because of prejudice of the people, he abdicated in 1103, but the hatred of the people was such that he died of a poisoned arrow in May, 1106. He was succeeded by his brother, FOLK, County of Anjou, who adopted the planta Rentsta as his heraldry, and was the first to assume the name Plantagenet. His son, GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET married Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England, and thus brought the surname to the throne df that country. QAVf£ Cd: PUBLIC UgMV tLl_E. NQ it" Page 1 FULKE, FULK, FOLK - - -- --- -- - - - -- - Counts of Anjop, forerunners of the House of Plantagenet FORTULF INGELGER - Aelendis, niece of the Archbishop of Tours FULK'THE RED Roscilla, daughter of Warner, Lord of Loches, Villentras and La Haye b. ca 865 d. 1942 Ingelger of Anjou Guy FULK �HE GOOD 1. Gerberga slain in battle took holy orders, 2. sister of Theobald, against the pirates became Bishop of Count of Blois Soissons and Chartres GEOFFREY GREYGOWN - 1. Adela, daughter of Herbert of Vermandois r-2. Adela_e_, Countess of Chalon-sur-Saone daughter of Robert of Vermandois andhis wife Vera, daughter of Gilbert of Burgundy and heiress of Chalon. FULK THE BLACK m 1. daughter of Count Burchard of Vendome 2. the Lady Hildegard GEOFFREY MARTEL (The Hammer) = Agnes, daughter of Otto William his third cousin, see Page 2) With thip Geoffrey expired the direct male line from Fulk the Red.Anjou was divided in four parts between four nephews of Geoffrey Martel, the eldest and foremost being 1070 FULK LE RECHIN (Quarrelsome) = 1. Hermengard of Bourbon, he left her for 2. Arengard of Chateau-Aillon, with whom he lived without benefit of clergy 3. Bertrada de Montforte Geoffrey Martel II Aremberg, I FULK, Count of Anjou d. May, 1106 only child and heiress of Elias, Count of Maine Fulk had three sons by Aremberg, of whom Whitsunday, 1128 Matilda of Anjou GEOFFREY, Count of Anjou = Matilda, daughter William the Aethling, of King Henry I son of Henry I, of England King of England (William drowned in The White Ship) CAW CO. pVSL(C L113MMV MOCKSWLLF� No Foulke- Fulke- Bulk- Folk crnik HERALDIC DESCRIPTION OF FOLK' ARMS ---Ported per pale vert and gulea, a fleur-de-lis ermine. CREST— A cubit arm erect, habited per vale and gules, cuffed ermine. the hand. holding wheat proper. OAVIE CO. POSUC U$MW. MOCKSVILLk1 M FULKE, FOLK, FOLK - _ -- - -- - - - - -- Counts of Anjou Forerunners of the House of Plantagenet Translated from the Historia Cometum Andegavensium written by Thomas Pacitus, Prior of Loches, 1185 A.D. FORTULF 898 A.D. '3 PWIEA gC1Jidt$ In the depths of a gloomy forest -belt which ran along the Breton border at the foot of a range of hills that shelter the western side of the Valley of the Mayenne, there dwelt in the days of Charles the Bald, son of Emperor Louis the Gentle, a valient forester, For�tulf_. He quitted the hardy., hazardous borderers life -- half hunter, half bandit, to throw himself into the struggle of Charles the Bald against incursions of the pirates (note: Viking raiders under our ancestor Rollo the Ganger). Charles set him to keep the pirates out of Touraine, and gave him a congenial post as forester of a wooded district known as 'Nid de Marle' (blackbird's nest). In this wild fastness Fortulf lay in wait for the marauders and aprang forth to meet them with a daring and a success which earned him his sovereign's favor and the allianace of the Duke of the French. His son INGELGER followed his steps; marriage came to the help of arms, and with the hand of Aelendis, niece of the archbishop of Tours, Ingelger acquired her lands at Amboise. The dowery was a valuable one with rich and fertile lands located between Tours and Blois on the south bank of the Loire. A mightier stronghold than Amboise, however. Their son, a ruddy youth named FULK THE RED, early entered the service of Count Odo of Paris and was entrusted with the city of Angiers as Viscount. A trustworthy and loyal subject, he successively was given the abbacies of St. Aubin and St. Licenius at Angiers, the Viscounty of Tours and finally became the first hereditary Count.of the Angevin March. This came about around the time that Aethelstan succeeded Edward the Elder in England. FULK married Roecilla, and her dowry was the township of Loches, by which Fulk gained the heart of Southern Touraine, a foot -hold which coupled with what he already possessed at Amboise. The traditional Golden Age of Anjou occurred under their son FULK THE GOOD. He cultivated the arts of peace; his gentle disposition and refined tastes made him loved and respected by all of Anjou. He established colleges and was himself a scholar, poet and he composed many hymns to his patron, Saint Martin de Tours. Yet he was a practical energetic ruler who worked hard at the improvement and cultivation of his marchlands. He married Gerberga by whom he had a son, Geogfrey Greygown. He lived a long, full life and died in the arms of the cannons at the Church of St. Martin de Tours as he knelt to take communion. CkAV►E =`Q. PUBLIC USKW MOCKSALLE, NID KULK Page 4 GEOFFREY GREYGOWN was so called because he adopted the rough, coarsewove -dress-of- the"- eeeant. -- p He -was a rough warrier and like his forbear Fortulf, waylaid enemies who tried to invade Anjou. He extracted ransome from them for their release. In this way he acquired the city of Nantes from Guerech, Count of Brittainy. FULK THE BLACK ivas eight years old when his father died. Throughout his 53 year reign as Count of Anjou he was one of the most conspicuous and brilliant figures in French history. Of very contradictory character, he alternated between blind rage and fits of vehement repentance. His entire reign was devoted to the re -consolidation of his marchland -- torn apart by internal and external wars in the time of his father. His first wife was burned at the stake as a witch while their son was still in his cradle. Fulk the Black Count, to atone for his wife's supposed sins undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, in 1000 A.D. By craft and cunning he outwitted the Turks, and while kissing the sacred stone of the sepulchre he noticed a loose piece which he managed to bite off and escaped the notice of the Turks by carrying it in his mouth. This he brought home and built an abbey for the reception of the relic. The abbey was built on a green meadow called by the Latin name of Belli -locus (French Beaulieu). In the meantime he had married the Lady Hildegard and the two presided over the dedication in May, 1012, of the Church of the Holy Trinity. In all, Count Fulk made four pilgrimages 21 June, 1040, on the way home from his carried home to be buried in the chapter went to die in Jerusalem. to the Holy Land, and he died fourth. His body was embalmed and house at Beaulieu. The Lady Hildegarde For seven centuried thereafter, the monks kept the anniversary of Fulk and Hildegarde. GEOFFREY MARTEL (the Hammer) was a rival of William the Conquerer, but did not inherit his father's statesmanship. His was a very harsh and -oppressive tenure. He was finally conquered in a war with William the Conquerer and He died with him expired the male line of Fulk the Red. The next male heirs were dovember the four sons of Adela, half sister of Geoffrey by Fulk the Black and the 1060. Lady Hildegarde. Anjou was divided between the four sons, the eldest and chief of whom was FULK le RECHIN. His eldest son, Geoffrey Martel II led a scandalous and trenchant life, so much so that he was ex -communicated by the Church. He was re -instated in 1094, but because of prejudice of the people, he abdicated in 1103, but the hatred of the people was such that he died of a poisoned arrow in May, 1106. He was succeeded by his brother, FULK, County of Anjou, who adopted the planta gena to as his heraldry, and was the first to assume the name Plantagenet. His son, GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET married Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England, and thus brought the surname to the throne df that country. WE 'CO. PU.S1;.l.0 U13UW MOCKSVILLF4 f