Fulk
king of Jerusalem
Also known as: Foulques le Jeune, Fulk V, Fulk the Younger
Fulk (born 1092βdied November 1143, Acre, Palestine [now ΚΏAkko, Israel]) was the count of Anjou and Maine as Fulk V (1109β31) and king of Jerusalem (1131β43). Son of Fulk IV the Surly and Bertrada of Montfort, he was married in 1109 to Arenburga of Maine. Fulk exerted his control over his vassals and was later caught up in dynastic quarrels between the French and English kings. In 1128 his son Geoffrey Plantagenet married Matilda, daughter...