Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou

M, (1092 - 10 November 1143)
Father-Biological*Fulk IV le Rechin Count of Anjou b. 1043, d. 14 Apr 1109
Mother-Biological*Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury b. c 1060, d. 14 Feb 1117
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Last Edited=11 Aug 2023
     Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou was born in 1092 at France.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Fulk IV le Rechin Count of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury. Le Jeune means the younger.1,2,3,4

Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou married first wife.1

Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou married Ermenbourg of Maine, daughter of Hélie ~ Comte de Maine, Seigneur de la Fleche, et Seigneur de Ballon and Matilde ~ Dame de Château-du-Loir, in 1108.1,2,3,4 Fulkmoved to Holy Land in 1128. upon the death of his first wife, Ermengarde of Maine, handed over the Countship of Anjou to Geoffrey, his son, and left France and.

Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou married Mélesinde de Rethe, daughter of Baldwin II King of Jerusalem and Malfia, on 2 June 1129 at Jerusalem, Holy Land.1,2,4,3 Fulk was crowned King of Jerusalem after King Baldwin II, his new father-in-law died, in 1131. He died on 10 November 1143 at Acre, Holy Land.1,2,4 He was buried at Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Holy Land.1,3,4

Compeller's Notes:
Death: Moriarty (1945) gives his death date as 13 November 1144.
Weis (1982) states he died in Jerusalem.4,2

Children of Fulk V le Jeune ~ King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou and Ermenbourg of Maine

Citations

  1. Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa, Fourth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
  2. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
  3. Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times. N.p.: manuscript, 2008.
  4. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Origin of the Plantagenets", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCIX (January 1945).