Fulk of Anjou King of Jerusalem

• Preferred Name: Fulk of Anjou King of Jerusalem^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• MilitaryService: Knights Templar1119/1121 in Kingdom of Jerusalem, Outremer with note: Standardization
  
• Death Fact: with note: Description: NOTE:killed in a hunting accident. He was carried back to Acre, where he lay unconscious for three days before he died.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: King of Jerusalem
  
• Alt. Marriage: 11 JUL 1110 with note: Description: Marriage
  
• FSID: LBBZ-8DB
  
• Birth: 1092 in Angers, France at LATI: N7.4819 LONG: E0.598 with note: see sources
  
• Noble Family: with note: Description: House of Anjou
  
• Death: 10 NOV 1143 in Acre, Northern, Israel at LATI: N2.9281 LONG: E5.0765 with note: standardized
  
• Burial: in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire at LATI: N1.7833 LONG: E5.2333 with note: standardized
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of Maine, Touraine & Anjou
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Fulk (Latin: Fulco, French: Foulque) c. 1089/92-13 November 1143), also known as Fulk the Younger, was the Count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129 and the King of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death. During his reign, the Kingdom of Jerusalem reached its largest territorial extent.
  
  Biography
  Count of Anjou
  Fulk was born at Angers, between 1089 and 1092, the son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort. In 1092, Bertrade deserted her husband and bigamously married King Philip I of France.
  
  He became count of Anjou upon his father's death in 1109. In the next year, he married Ermengarde of Maine, cementing Angevin control over the County of Maine.
  
  He was originally an opponent of King Henry I of England and a supporter of King Louis VI of France, but in 1118 or 1119 he had allied with Henry when he arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Henry's son and heir, William Adelin. Fulk went on crusade in 1119 or 1120, and became attached to the Knights Templar (Orderic Vitalis). He returned, late in 1121, after which he began to subsidize the Templars, maintaining two knights in the Holy Land for a year. Much later, Henry arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou, which she did in 1127 or 1128.
  
  Crusader and King
  By 1127 Fulk was preparing to return to Anjou when he received an embassy from King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin II had no male heirs but had already designated his daughter Melisende to succeed him. Baldwin II wanted to safeguard his daughter's inheritance by marrying her to a powerful lord. Fulk was a wealthy crusader and experienced military commander, and a widower. His experience in the field would prove invaluable in a frontier state always in the grip of war.
  
  However, Fulk held out for better terms than mere consort of the Queen; he wanted to be king alongside Melisende. Baldwin II, reflecting on Fulk's fortune and military exploits, acquiesced. Fulk abdicated his county seat of Anjou to his son Geoffrey and left for Jerusalem, where he married Melisende on 2 June 1129. Later Baldwin II bolstered Melisende's position in the kingdom by making her sole guardian of her son by Fulk, Baldwin III, born in 1130.
  
  Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem in 1131 with Baldwin II's death. From the start Fulk assumed sole control of the government, excluding Melisende altogether. He favored fellow countrymen from Anjou to the native nobility. The other crusader states to the north feared that Fulk would attempt to impose the suzerainty of Jerusalem over them, as Baldwin II had done; but as Fulk was far less powerful than his deceased father-in-law, the northern states rejected his authority. Melisende's sister Alice of Antioch, exiled from the Principality by Baldwin II, took control of Antioch once more after the death of her father. She allied with Pons of Tripoli and Joscelin II of Edessa to prevent Fulk from marching north in 1132; Fulk and Pons fought a brief battle before peace was made and Alice was exiled again.
  
  In Jerusalem as well, Fulk was resented by the second generation of Jerusalem Christians who had grown up there since the First Crusade. These "natives" focused on Melisende's cousin, the popular Hugh II of Le Puiset, count of Jaffa, who was devotedly loyal to the Queen. Fulk saw Hugh as a rival, and it did not help matters when Hugh's own stepson accused him of disloyalty. In 1134, in order to expose Hugh, Fulk accused him of infidelity with Melisende. Hugh rebelled in protest. Hugh secured himself to Jaffa, and allied himself with the Muslims of Ascalon. He was able to defeat the army set against him by Fulk, but this situation could not hold. The Patriarch interceded in the conflict, perhaps at the behest of Melisende. Fulk agreed to peace and Hugh was exiled from the kingdom for three years, a lenient sentence.
  
  However, an assassination attempt was made against Hugh. Fulk, or his supporters, were commonly believed responsible, though direct proof never surfaced. The scandal was all that was needed for the queen's party to take over the government in what amounted to a palace coup. Author and historian Bernard Hamilton wrote that Fulk's supporters "went in terror of their lives" in the palace. Contemporary author and historian William of Tyre wrote of Fulk "he never attempted to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, without (Melisende's) consent". The result was that Melisende held direct and unquestioned control over the government from 1136 onwards. Sometime before 1136 Fulk reconciled with his wife, and a second son, Amalric was born.
  
  Securing the borders
  Jerusalem's northern border was of great concern. Fulk had been appointed regent of the Principality of Antioch by Baldwin II. As regent he had Raymund of Poitou marry the infant Constance of Antioch, daughter of Bohemund II and Alice of Antioch, and niece to Melisende. However, the greatest concern during Fulk's reign was the rise of Atabeg Zengi of Mosul.
  
  In 1137 Fulk was defeated in battle near Baarin but allied with Mu'in ad-Din Unur, the vizier of Damascus. Damascus was also threatened by Zengi. Fulk captured the fort of Banias, to the north of Lake Tiberias and thus secured the northern frontier.
  
  Fulk also strengthened the kingdom's southern border. His butler Paganus built the fortress of Kerak to the east of the Dead Sea, and to help give the kingdom access to the Red Sea, Fulk had Blanchegarde, Ibelin, and other forts built in the south-west to overpower the Egyptian fortress at Ascalon. This city was a base from which the Egyptian Fatimids launched frequent raids on the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Fulk sought to neutralise this threat.
  
  In 1137 and 1142, Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus arrived in Syria attempting to impose Byzantine control over the crusader states. John's intention of making a pilgrimage, accompanied by his impressive army, to Jerusalem alarmed Fulk, who wrote to John pointing out that his kingdom was poor and could not support the passage of a large army. This lukewarm response dissuaded John from carrying through his intention, and he postponed his pilgrimage. John died before he could make good his proposed journey to Jerusalem.
  
  Death
  In 1143, while the king and queen were in Acre, Fulk was killed in a hunting accident. His horse stumbled, fell, and Fulk's skull was crushed by the saddle, "and his brains gushed forth from both ears and nostrils", as William of Tyre describes. He was carried back to Acre, where he lay unconscious for three days before he died. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly. Fulk was survived by his son Geoffrey of Anjou by his first wife, and Baldwin III and Amalric I by Melisende.
  
  Legacy
  Depictions
  According to William, Fulk was "a ruddy man, like David... faithful and gentle, affable and kind... an experienced warrior full of patience and wisdom in military affairs." His chief fault was an inability to remember names and faces.
  
  William of Tyre described Fulk as a capable soldier and able politician, but observed that Fulk did not adequately attend to the defense of the crusader states to the north. Ibn al-Qalanisi (who calls him al-Kund Anjur, an Arabic rendering of "Count of Anjou") says that "he was not sound in his judgment nor was he successful in his administration." The Zengids continued their march on the crusader states, culminating in the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144, which led to the Second Crusade.
  
  Family
  In 1110, Fulk married Ermengarde of Maine (died 1126), the daughter of Elias I of Maine. Their four children were:
  
  1.) Geoffrey V of Anjou (1113-1151, father of Henry II of England.
  
  2.) Sibylla of Anjou (1112-1165, Bethlehem), married in 1123 William Clito (div. 1124), married in 1134 Thierry, Count of Flanders.
  
  3.) Matilda d'Anjou (1111-1154, Fontevrault), married William Adelin; after his death in the White Ship disaster of 1120, she became a nun and later Abbess of Fontevrault.
  
  4.) Elias II of Maine (died 1151)
  
  His second wife was Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
  
  1.) Baldwin III of Jerusalem
  
  2.) Amalric I of Jerusalem
  
  BIO
  BIO: a Crusader; abandoned the fief of Anjou to marry Melisende, the heiress of Jerusalem, the title king of Jerusalem holding an infinitely greater appeal for Fulk than that of count of Anjou.
  
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  Fulk (in French: Foulque or Foulques; 1089/1092 Angers - 13 November 1143 Acre), also known as Fulk the Younger, was Count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129, and King of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death. He was also the paternal grandfather of Henry II of England.
  
  Fulk was born in Angers between 1089 and 1092, the son of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort. In 1092, Bertrade deserted her husband and bigamously married King Philip I of France.
  
  He became count of Anjou upon his father's death in 1109. In the next year, he married Erembourg of Maine, cementing Angevin control over the County of Maine.
  
  He was originally an opponent of King Henry I of England and a supporter of King Louis VI of France, but in 1118 or 1119 he had allied with Henry when Henry arranged for his son and heir William Adelin to marry Fulk's daughter Matilda. Fulk went on crusade in 1119 or 1120, and became attached to the Knights Templar. (Orderic Vitalis) He returned, late in 1121, after which he began to subsidize the Templars, maintaining two knights in the Holy Land for a year. Much later, Henry arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou, which she did in 1127 or 1128.
  
  By 1127 Fulk was preparing to return to Anjou when he received an embassy from King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin II had no male heirs but had already designated his daughter Melisende to succeed him. Baldwin II wanted to safeguard his daughter's inheritance by marrying her to a powerful lord. Fulk was a wealthy crusader and experienced military commander, and a widower. His experience in the field would prove invaluable in a frontier state always in the grip of war.
  
  However, Fulk held out for better terms than mere consort of the Queen; he wanted to be king alongside Melisende. Baldwin II, reflecting on Fulk's fortune and military exploits, acquiesced. Fulk abdicated his county seat of Anjou to his son Geoffrey and left for Jerusalem, where he married Melisende on 2 June 1129. Later Baldwin II bolstered Melisende's position in the kingdom by making her sole guardian of her son by Fulk, Baldwin III, born in 1130.
  
  Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem in 1131 with Baldwin II's death. From the start Fulk assumed sole control of the government, excluding Melisende altogether. He favored fellow countrymen from Anjou to the native nobility. The other crusader states to the north feared that Fulk would attempt to impose the suzerainty of Jerusalem over them, as Baldwin II had done; but as Fulk was far less powerful than his deceased father-in-law, the northern states rejected his authority. Melisende's sister Alice of Antioch, exiled from the Principality by Baldwin II, took control of Antioch once more after the death of her father. She allied with Pons of Tripoli and Joscelin II of Edessa to prevent Fulk from marching north in 1132; Fulk and Pons fought a brief battle before peace was made and Alice was exiled again.
  
  In Jerusalem as well, Fulk was resented by the second generation of Jerusalem Christians who had grown up there since the First Crusade. These "natives" focused on Melisende's cousin, the popular Hugh II of Le Puiset, count of Jaffa, who was devotedly loyal to the Queen. Fulk saw Hugh as a rival, and it did not help matters when Hugh's own stepson accused him of disloyalty. In 1134, in order to expose Hugh, Fulk accused him of infidelity with Melisende. Hugh rebelled in protest. Hugh secured himself to Jaffa, and allied himself with the Muslims of Ascalon. He was able to defeat the army set against him by Fulk, but this situation could not hold. The Patriarch interceded in the conflict, perhaps at the behest of Melisende. Fulk agreed to peace and Hugh was exiled from the kingdom for three years, a lenient sentence.
  
  However, an assassination attempt was made against Hugh. Fulk, or his supporters, were commonly believed responsible, though direct proof never surfaced. The scandal was all that was needed for the queen's party to take over the government in what amounted to a palace coup. Author and historian Bernard Hamilton wrote that the Fulk's supporters "went in terror of their lives" in the palace. Contemporary author and historian William of Tyre wrote of Fulk "he never attempted to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, without (Melisende's) consent". The result was that Melisende held direct and unquestioned control over the government from 1136 onwards. Sometime before 1136 Fulk reconciled with his wife, and a second son, Amalric was born.
  
  Jerusalem's northern border was of great concern. Fulk had been appointed regent of the Principality of Antioch by Baldwin II. As regent he had Raymund of Poitou marry the infant Constance of Antioch, daughter of Bohemund II and Alice of Antioch, and niece to Melisende. However, the greatest concern during Fulk's reign was the rise of Atabeg Zengi of Mosul.
  
  In 1137 Fulk was defeated in battle near Brain but allied with Mu'in ad-Din Unur, the vizier of Damascus. Damascus was also threatened by Zengi. Fulk captured the fort of Banias, to the north of Lake Tiberias and thus secured the northern frontier.
  
  Fulk also strengthened the kingdom's southern border. His butler Paganus built the fortress of Kerak to the south of the Dead Sea, and to help give the kingdom access to the Red Sea, Fulk had Blanche Garde, Ibelin, and other forts built in the south-west to overpower the Egyptian fortress at Ascalon. This city was a base from which the Egyptian Fatimids launched frequent raids on the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Fulk sought to neutralize this threat.
  
  In 1137 and 1142, Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus arrived in Syria attempting to impose Byzantine control over the crusader states. John's arrival was ignored by Fulk, who declined an invitation to meet the emperor in Jerusalem.
  
  In 1143, while the king and queen were on holiday in Acre, Fulk was killed in a hunting accident. His horse stumbled, fell, and Fulk's skull was crushed by the saddle, "and his brains gushed forth from both ears and nostrils", as William of Tyre describes. He was carried back to Acre, where he lay unconscious for three days before he died. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly. Fulk was survived by his son Geoffrey of Anjou by his first wife, and Baldwin III and Amalric I by Melisende.
  
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  FULK (1092-1143), king of Jerusalem, was the son of Fulk IV, cou nt ofAnjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted he r husband andbecame the mistress of Philip I of France). As Ful k V, he becamecount of Anjou in 1109. Within his
  country he was active in asserting and recovering his powers ove r hisvassals; outside it he played a part in the conflicts betw een Henry Iof England and Louis VI of France, supporting each s ide in turn. Buthis ties with Henry became closer
  when his son Geoffrey Plantagenet married Henry's daughter Matil da.Already in 1120 Fulk had visited the Holy Land and becom e a closefriend of the Templars. On his return he assigned to t he order of theTemplars an annual subsidy, while he
  also maintained two knights in the Holy Land for a year. In 112 8 hewas preparing to return to the east when he received an emb assy fromBaldwin II, king of Jerusalem, who had no male heir t o succeed him,offering his daughter Melisinda in
  marriage with the right of eventual succession to the kingdom. F ulkaccepted the offer; and in 1129 he was married to Melisinda ,receiving the towns of Acre and Tyre as her dower. In 1131 h e becameking of Jerusalem. His reign was not marked by any cons iderableevents. The kingdom, which had reached its zenith unde r Baldwin II,was quietly prosperous under Fulk's rule. In the b eginning of hisreign he had to act as regent of Antioch and t o provide a
  husband, Raymund of Poitou, for the infant heiress Constance. Bu t thegreat problem with which he had to deal was the progress o f theatabeg Zengi of Mosul. In 1137 he was beaten near Barin an d, escapinginto the fort, was surrounded and forced
  to capitulate. A little later, however, he greatly improved hi sposition by strengthening his alliance with the vizier of Dama scus,who also feared the progress of Zengi (1140); and in thi s way he wasable to capture the fort of Banias, to the
  north of Lake Tiberias. Like his predecessors in Anjou, Fulk wa s agreat builder of castles. In southern Palestine he construct edIbelin, Blanche Garde and Gibelin as a means of checking th eMohammedan garrison of Askalon. Belvoir was founded
  to survey the Jordan valley south of the Sea of Galilee, while i nTrans-Jordan, Kerak was fortified by a royal vassal. Twice i n Fulk'sreign the eastern emperor, John Comnenus, appeared in n orthern Syria(1137 and 1142); but his coming did not
  affect the king, who was able to decline politely a visit whic h theemperor proposed to make to Jerusalem. ulk continued the t radition ofgood statemanship and sound churchmanship which Bald win I and BaldwinII had begun. Unfortunately he was unable to h ead a combinedresistance to the rising power of Zengi of Mosul . Fulk died in 1143leaving two sons who both became kings and r eigned as Baldwin III andAmalric I.[harry.ged]
  
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  Fulk V, Count of Anjou, was born 1092, and was Count 1109-1142. Hemarri ed 1st Ermengarde, daughter of Helias, Count of Maine, and hadby her h is heir, Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, Helias, who became Countof Maine or Ma yenne, and two daughters, Sybilla and Matilda. Hemarried 2nd Melesenda, d aughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, andbecame King of Jerusal em at the death of his father-in-law Sept. 4,1131. Fulk V was son of Bert rada de Montford, who eventually desertedher husband and became the mistr ess of Philip I of France. Fulkbecame Count of Anjou in 1109, and show ed himself a doughty opponentto Henry I, King of England, against wh om he continually supportedLouis VI of France until, in 1127, Henry I w on him over by betrothinghis daughter Matilda to Fulk's son Geoffrey Plan tagenet. Already in1120 Fulk V had visited the Holy Land and became a clo se friend ofthe Templars. On his return he assigned to the Order of the T emplarsan annual subsidy, while he also maintained two knights in the Ho lyLand for a year. In 1128 he was preparing to return to the East wh enhe received an embassy from Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, who had nom ale heir to succeed him, offering his daughter Melisinda inmarriage, wi th the right of eventual succession to the kingdom. Fulkaccepted the offe r, and in 1129 he came and married Melisinda,receiving the towns of Ac re and Tyre as her dower. In 1131, whenBaldwin died, he became King of Je rusalem. His reign is not marked byany considerable events; the kingdom w hich had reached its zenithunder Baldwin II, and did not begin to decli ne till the capture ofEdessa in the reign of Baldwin III, was quietly pro sperous under hisrule. In the beginning of his reign he had to act as Reg ent ofAntioch, and provide a husband, Raymond of Poitou, for the infant heiress Constance, daughter of Bohemund. (Her 2nd husband was Raymond
  of Chatillion, from whom you descend, and which gives you Bohemond,her gr andfather, Leader of the First Crusade.) Twice in Fulk's reignthe Easte rn Emperor John Comnenus appeared in northern Syria, in 1137and 1142, b ut his coming did not affect the King, who was able todecline polite ly a visit which the Emperor proposed to make toJerusalem. In 1143 he die d, leaving two sons by Melisande, who bothbecame Kings of Jerusalem, as B aldwin III and Almaric I. Fulk hadcontinued the tradition of good statesm anship and sound churchmanshipwhich Melisande's father and grandfather, B aldwin I and II had begun.His son by his first wife succeeded him as Cou nt of Anjou.
  
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  Fulk of Jerusalem
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  Fulk of Anjou (1092 - November 10, 1143), king of Jerusalem from 1131,w as the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (whoultimate ly deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip Iof France).
  
  Count of Anjou
  He became count of Anjou (as Fulk V) in 1109. He was originally anoppone nt of Henry I of England and a supporter of Louis VI of France,but in 11 27 he allied with Henry when Henry arranged for his daughterMatilda to ma rry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou. Fulk went on crusadein 1120, and beco me a close friend of the Knights Templar. After hisreturn he began to sub sidize the Templars, and maintained two knightsin the Holy Land for a yea r.
  
  His first wife was Ermengarde of Maine (died 1126), the daughter ofEli as I of Maine. Their children were:
  
  Geoffrey of Anjou
  Sibylle of Anjou, married (1) William Clito; (2) Thierry, Count ofFlande rs
  Alice, married William Adelin
  Elias II of Maine
  
  Crusader and king
  By 1127 Fulk was preparing to return to Anjou when he received anembas sy from King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin II had no maleheirs but h ad already designated his daughter Melisende to succedhim. Baldwin II wan ted to safeguard his daughter's inheritance bymarring her to a powerful l ord. Fulk was a weathly crusader andexperienced military commander, a nd a widower. His experience in thefield would prove invaulable in a fron tier state always in the gripof war.
  
  However, Fulk held out for better terms then mere consort of the Queen; he wanted to be king alongside Melisende. Baldwin II, reflecting onFul k's fortune and military exploits, aquiesced. Fulk abdicated hiscounty se at of Anjou to his son Geoffery and left for Jerusalem,where he married M elisende on June 2, 1129. Later Balwin II bolsteredMelisende's positi on in the kingdom by making her sole guardian ofher son by Fulk, Baldw in III, born in 1130.
  
  Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem in 1131 withBaldwin I I's death. From the start Fulk assumed sole control of thegovernment, exc luding Melisende altogether. He favored fellowcountrymen from Anjou to t he native nobility. This led to resentmentby the second generation of Jer usalem Christians who had grown upthere since the First Crusade. These "n atives" focused on Melisende'scousin, the popular Hugh II of Le Puiset, c ount of Jaffa, who wasdevotedly loyal to the Queen.
  
  Fulk saw Hugh as a rival, and it did not help matters when Hugh's ownstep -son accused him of disloyalty. In 1134, in order to expose Hugh,Fulk acc used him of infidelity with Melisende. Hugh rebelled inprotest. Hugh secu red himself to Jaffa, and allied himself with theMuslims of Ascalon. He w as able to defeat the army set against him byFulk, but this situation cou ld not hold. The Patriarch interceded inthe conflict, prehaps at the behe st of Melisende. Fulk agreed topeace and Hugh was exiled from the kingd om for three years, a lenientsentence.
  
  However, an unsuccessful assassination attempt was made against Hugh.Ful k, or his supporters, were commonly believed responsible, thoughdirect pr oof never surfaced. The scandal was all that was needed forthe queen's pa rty to take over the government in what amounted to apalace coup. Auth or and historian Bernard Hamilton wrote that theFulk's suporters "we nt in terror of their lives" in the palace.Contemporary author and histor ian William of Tyre wrote of Fulk "henever atempted to take the initiativ e, even in trivial matters,without (Melisende's) consent". The result w as that Melisende helddirect and unquestioned control over the governme nt from 1136onwards. Sometime before 1136 Fulk reconciled with his wif e, and asecond son, Amalric was born.
  
  Securing the borders
  Jerusalem's northern border was of great concern. Fulk had beenappoint ed regent of the Principality of Antioch by Baldwin II. Asregent he had R aymund of Poitou marry the infant Constance ofAntioch, daughter of Bohemu nd II and Alice of Antioch, and neice toMelisende. However, the greate st concern during Fulk's reign was therise of Atabeg Zengi of Mosul.
  
  In 1137 Fulk was defeated in battle near Barin but allied with thevizi er of Damascus. Damascus was also threatened by Zengi. Fulkcaptured the f ort of Banias, to the north of Lake Tiberiasand thussecured the
  
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  Became King of Jerusalem in 1131 upon the death of his second father-in-law

• m. 11 JUL 1110 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

• m. 2 JUN 1129 in Jerusalem, Jerusalem Outremer

1. Amalric of Jerusalem , b. 1136 in Anjou, France     d. 11 JUL 1174 in Tiberias, Holy Land

• m. 11 JUL 1110 in France

1. Geoffrey Plantagenet V, b. ABT 24 AUG 1113     d. 7 SEP 1151
2. Sibylle d'Anjou, b. 16 NOV 1112 in , Anjou, France     d. 22 OCT 1163 in Abbey of St Lazarus, Bethlehem, Kingdom of Jerusalem
3. Elias d'Anjou II Count of Maine, b. MAY 1114 in Duchy of Anjou     d. 15 JAN 1151 in St Serge Abbey, Angers, Duchy of Anjou
4. Geoffrey Pantagenet V, b. 24 AUG 1113 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France     d. 7 SEP 1151 in Eure, Loire, Rhone-Alpes, France

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