Ancestors of Saul M. Montes-Bradley

Notes


301989888. Waltheof , 2nd Earl of Northumbria, Lord of Bamburgh

Probably son of Maldred


311245952. Foulques IV "le Rèchin" , Comte d'Anjou

Fulk IV the Surly or Foulques le Réchin, Count of Anjou (1068-1109). Geoffrey II Martel, son of Fulk III, pursued the policy of expansion begun by his father but left no sons as heirs. The contship went to his eldest nephew Geoffrey III the Bearded. But the latter's brother, Fulk, discontented over having inherited only a few small appandages, took advantage of the general discontent aroused by Geoffrey III's inept rule, seized Saumur and Angers (1067), and cast Geoffrey first into prision at Sablé and later in the confines of Chinon castle (1068). Fulks reign then had to endure a series of conflicts against the several barons, Philip I of France, and the duke of Normandy. He lost some lands but secured, through battle and marriage, the countship of Maine for his son Fulk V.
[Enc. Brit. 5:44]


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