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Fulk II af Anjou960

Name
Fulk II af Anjou
Given names
Fulk II
Surname
af Anjou
Name prefix
Hertug
Death of a fatherFulk I af Anjou
942

Death 960

Shared note
Fulk II of Anjou (died 960), son of Fulk the Red, was count of Anjou from 942 to 960.[1] He was often at war with the Bretons. He seems to have been a man of culture, a poet and an artist. In 960 he was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle. Fulk II died at Tours. By his spouse, Gerberge of Maine, he had several children: * Adelais of Anjou, married five times * Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois * Bouchard IV, Count of Vendome, married Elizabeth of Vendome; their daughter, Elizabeth married her cousin, Geoffrey I's son, Fulk the Black, only to be burnt at the stake by her husband in her wedding dress.
Shared note
Fulk II of Anjou (died 960), son of Fulk the Red, was count of Anjou from 942 to 960.[1] He was often at war with the Bretons. He seems to have been a man of culture, a poet and an artist. In 960 he was succeeded by his son Geoffrey Greymantle. Fulk II died at Tours. By his spouse, Gerberge of Maine, he had several children: * Adelais of Anjou, married five times * Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, married Adelaide of Vermandois * Bouchard IV, Count of Vendome, married Elizabeth of Vendome; their daughter, Elizabeth married her cousin, Geoffrey I's son, Fulk the Black, only to be burnt at the stake by her husband in her wedding dress.