Fulk V
of Jerusalem
Count of ANJOU

1089/1092–November 13, 1143

• BIRTH: 1089/1092

• MARRIAGE:

• MARRIAGE:

• FACTS: Became Count of Anjou upon his father's death in 1109, at the age of approximately twenty. He was originally an opponent of King Henry I of England and a supporter of King Louis VI of France, but in 1127 he allied with Henry when Henry arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou. Fulk went on crusade in 1120, and became a close friend of the Knights Templar. After his return he began to subsidize the Templars, and maintained two knights in the Holy Land for a year.

• DEATH: November 13, 1143

                             Geoffrey, of GATINAIS|
 Fulk IV of ANJOU|
|                           |Ermengard of ANJOU|
|
|--Fulk V of ANJOU
|
|                            Simon de MONTFORT|
|Bertrade de MONTFORT
                            |Agnes               |

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