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The County of Anjou ( UK: / ˈɒ̃ʒuː, ˈæ̃ʒuː /, US: / ɒ̃ˈʒuː, ˈæn ( d) ʒuː, ˈɑːnʒuː /; [1] [2] [3] French: [ɑ̃ʒu]; Latin: Andegavia) was a French county that was the predecessor to the Duchy of Anjou. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany ...
Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk II, Count of Anjou and his first wife Gerberga. [2] He succeeded his father as Count of Anjou about 960, at the age of 20. [3] He married Adele of Meaux (934–982), daughter of Robert of Vermandois. Her father was a patrilineal descendant of Charlemagne, while her paternal grandmother was daughter of king ...
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Anjou. The count of Anjou was the ruler of the County of Anjou, first granted by Charles the Bald in the 9th century to Robert the Strong. Ingelger and his son, Fulk the Red, were viscounts until Fulk assumed the title of count. The Robertians and the Capetian kings were distracted by wars with the Vikings and other ...
Fulk, born 1043, was the younger son of Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais and Ermengarde-Blanche of Anjou. Ermengarde-Blanche was a daughter of Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou, When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey III, Fulk le Réchin's older brother. Geoffrey III was not an effective count.
Fulk V of Anjou, from a 13th century Illuminated manuscript. Fulk V (1092–1143), called "le Jeune" (the younger), was a French nobleman who was the Count of Anjou from 1109 to 1129. He was the Count of Maine ( jure uxoris) 1110–1129. Fulk was a crusader, Knight Templar and was the King of Jerusalem ( jure uxoris) from 1131 to his death.
Geoffrey II, called Martel (1006 – 14 November 1060), son of Fulk the Black, was Count of Anjou from 1040 to 1060 and Count of Vendôme from 1032 to 1056. He fought battles against William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Theobald I, Count of Blois, and William, Duke of Normandy. During his twenty-year reign Geoffrey II faced the ambitions of the ...
Richard I 'Lionheart' (1189–1199), King of England (1189–1199) Arthur I (1199–1203) In 1204, Anjou was lost to king Philip II of France. It was re-granted as an appanage for Louis VIII's son John. He died in 1232 at the age of thirteen. Anjou was then given to Louis's youngest son, Charles. He later became the king of Sicily .
