De MACON Beatrice

Beatrice married de GASTINOIS Geoffrey I in 0999. Geoffrey (son of GATINAIS Aubri Count of The) was born about 0970 in Of, Gastinois, France; died in 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Aubri Geoffrey married Ermengarde, heiress of Anjou who was born circa 1010/1015 and died on March 21, 1076. Ermengard was the sister of Geoffrey "Martel", Count of Anjou who was born on October 14, 996 and d.s.p. (decessit sine prole, died without issue) on November 14, 1066. Thus, Ermengard's descendants became the Counts of Anjou.

Aubri Geoffrey and Ermengard had the following children:

* Hildegard who was born circa 1032 and married Joscelin, Sire di Courtenay

* Fulk IV "le Rechin"

Family/Spouse: of ANJOU Ermengarde Countess. Ermengarde (daughter of D' ANJOU Foulques III "The Black" Comte and Hildegarde) was born in 1018 in Of, Anjou, France; died in 1076 in Of, Anjou, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fulk is noted as "chronicler of the Counts of Anjou", so presumably he began a family history. He is known as "Fulk le Rechin" which means "Fulk the Rude". The reason for this name is unclear.

Fulk married Bertrada de Montfort, daughter of Simon I, Seigneur of Montfort Amauri and they had a son:

* Fulk V "le Jeun"

Foulques married de MONTFORT Bertrade in 1089 in France. Bertrade (daughter of De MONTFORT Simon I and EVREUX Agnaes D') was born about 1059 in Of, Montfort, Amaury, Lle De France, France; died in 1117 in Fontevrault, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fulk "le Jeun" (the Younger) became King of Jerusalem in 1131 on the death of Baldwin II, his father-in-law by his second marriage. Fulk is buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The Crusaders set up the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem after killing many thousands of the Arab and Jewish inhabitants of the area. At its greatest extent under Fulk "le Jeun", the Kingdom comprised most of present day Israel and part of Syria. Muslim counterattack steadily shrank the size of the crusading kingdom. In 1187, Jerusalem was retaken by by Saladin. Eventually, the last Christian stronghold at Acre surrendered in 1291 and the Crusaders departed from the Holy Land.

Fulk married first circa 1108 to Erembourge (died in 1126), heiress of Maine, daughter of Helias, Seigneur de la Flèche, Count of Maine.

Fulk and Erembourge had the following children:

* Geoffrey Plantagenet

* Isabella or Mathilda who married William the Aetheling, Duke of Normandy who was the only legitimate son of King Henry Beauclerc of England. William drowned when the White Ship was wrecked on the deadly rock. A boat was launched and William was rowed to safety. The cries of his half-sister Maud, Countess of Perche, induced him to return to the wreck where they sank together. This was considered by some to be punishment for Henry's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring. He had four legitemate children and at least twenty-five illegitimate children.

Fulk "le Jeun" married second on June 2, 1129 to Mélesinde, daughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem. On the death of Baldwin II in 1131, Fulk "le Jeun" became King of Jerusalem.

Birth:
King of Jerusalem; Count d'Anjou

Foulques married du MAINE Ermengarde on 11 Jul 1110. Ermengarde (daughter of of MAINE Elias "Helie" Count and DU LOIRE Matilde De CHATEAU) was born about 1096 in Maine, France; died in 1126 in Maine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]