See also:

• FULK
• FULK (d. goo)

FULK NERRA (c. 970-1040)  , See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, eldest son of Count See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey I., " Grisegonelle" (See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

Tunic) and Adela of See also:

• VERMANDOIS

Vermandois, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 970 and succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father in the countship of Anjou on the 21st of See also:

• JULY

July 987 . He was successful in repelling the attacks of the count of See also:

• RENNES

Rennes and laying the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• TOURAINE

Touraine (see Anjou) . In this connexion he built a See also:

• GREAT

great number of strong castles, which has led in See also:

• MODERN

modern times to his being called "the great builder." He also founded several religious houses, among them the abbeys of See also:

• BEAULIEU

Beaulieu, near See also:

• LOCHES

Loches (c Ioo7), of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas at See also:

• ANGERS

Angers (1020) and of Ronceray at Angers (1028), and, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to expiate his crimes of violence, made three pilgrimages to the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• LAND

Land (in 1002-1003, c. roo8 and in 1039) . On his return from the third of these journeys he died at See also:

• METZ

Metz in See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine on the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1040: By his first See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, with See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, daughter of Bouchard le See also:

• VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)

Venerable, count of See also:

• VENDOME
• VENDOME, LOUIS JOSEPH

Vendome, he had a daughter, Adela, who married Boon of See also:

• NEVERS

Nevers and transmitted to her See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children the countship of Vendome . Elizabeth having died in 1000, See also:

• FULK
• FULK (d. goo)

Fulk married Hildegarde of Lorraine, by whom he had a son, Geoffrey Martel (q.v.), and a daughter Ermengarde, who married Geoffrey, count of Gatinais, and was the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of Geoffrey " le Barbu " (the Bearded) and of Fulk " le Rechin (see ANJou) . See See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Halphen, Le See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte d'Anjou au XI, siecle (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1906) . The See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Fulk Nerra by See also:

• ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)

Alexandre de Salies, Histoire de Foulques Nerra (Angers, 1874) is confused and uncritical . A very See also:

• SUMMARY

summary biography is given by Celestin See also:

• PORT

Port, Dictionnaire historique, geographique et biographique de See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine-et-See also:

• LOIRE

Loire (3 vols., Paris-Angers, 1874-1878), vol. ii. pp . 189-192, and there is also a See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch in Kate Norgate, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England under the Angevin See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings (2 vols., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1887), vol. i. ch. iii . (L .