← Explore on the interactive map

Fulk III of Anjou

Type Figure Region Anjou Time c. 972–1040 Also known as Fulk III Nerra、Fulk the Black、Fulco Nigra、黑富尔克

Fulk III (c. 972–1040), Count of Anjou from 987, nicknamed Fulk the Black, was one of the most militarily influential lords of early-11th-century wes…

Timeline

  1. 987–1000Angers · AnjouFulk III succeeded as a child and quickly entered rivalry with opponents such as Odo II, Count of Blois, fighting several battles along both banks of the Loire and beginning to systematically build stone castles to secure his frontiers.
  2. 1001–1010Loire Valley · Loire ValleyBetween 1001 and 1010 Fulk continued to press the Breton frontier and the forces of Blois, expanding the castle networks of Angers, Montbazon, and elsewhere, making Anjou one of the most militarily powerful counties in western France.
  3. 1011–1040Angers · AnjouIn his later years Fulk made several pilgrimages to Jerusalem to atone for his sins, yet never abandoned territorial expansion. He died in 1040, leaving behind a vast castle system and a line of Counts of Anjou lasting several generations.

Sources