Fulk of Angoulême
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Fulk of Angoulême was the eleventh count of Angoulême
. Fulk was a fourth generation descendant of Count Arnold 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 has a son, who succeeded him in title and territory:
Counts and dukes of Angoulême
Angoulême in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1307. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny the Angoumois, then ruled by the...
. Fulk was a fourth generation descendant of Count Arnold of Angoulême. He was the son of Count Geoffrey of Angoulême
Geoffrey of Angoulême
Geoffrey was the Count of Angoulême from 1032. His brother Alduin II succeeded their father, William II, as Count in 1028, but the brothers quarrelled over their inheritance in the Bordelais...
and Petronille De Archiac. He died in 1087 or 1089, depending on the sources.
He has a son, who succeeded him in title and territory:
- William VWilliam V of AngoulêmeWilliam V of Angoulême, also known as William Taillefer III was the twelfth count of Angoulême.William V was a fifth generation descendant of Count Arnold of Angoulême. He was born in 1084, the son of Count Fulk of Angoulême and the grandson of Geoffrey of Angoulême and Petronille de Archiac...
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Sources
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Chapter 3, Comtes d'Angoulême
- Histoire P@ssion - Chronologie historique des Comtes d’Angoulême (in French)
- L'art de Verifier des Faits historiquws, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818, Page 184
- The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893, Page 276
- Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France, Page 179
- Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854, Page 903