1375. Foulques III "Nerra" , Comte d'Anjou
Fulk III Nerra, Fulk the Black or Foulques le Noir, Count of Anjou (987-1040), the most powerful of the early rulers of the Angevin dynasty.
Exposed at first to the attacks of the counts of Brittany, Fulk had to fight for a long time to defend his frontiers, finally driving the Bretons back beyond the frontiers of Anjou. having made himself master in the west, he turned his attention to the east and came into conflict with the count of Blois, Eudes II, over the territory of Saumur and a considerable part of Touraine. He defeated Eudes at Pontlevoy in 1016, and surprised and took Saumur 10 years later.
A ruthless warrior who burned and pillaged the monasteries in his path, Fulk nevertheless felt the need for pennance, making three pilgrimages to the Holy Land and founding or restoring several abbeys, including those in or near Angers, Loches and Saumur. He also built strongly fortified castles of stone (instead of wood) along the borders of his territory. For this reason he was called le Grand Bâisseur (The Great Builder).
[Enc. Brit. 5:44]
Following the death of William the Pious, Agnes married Geoffrey Martel of Anjou and convinced him to mount a campaign against Aquitaine, at the end of which she was left in power, ostensibly as a regent until her son came of age. She remained in power, however, well past his majority; her reign ended in 1058, only by the combined efforts of Geoffrey and Agnes' youngest son.
1568. Ulf
some sources claim he was a twin of Harold, others that he was an illegitimate child by Edith Swanneshals (Swan Neck)
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