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Fulk III Nerra
d. 1040
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Died
21 Jun 1040
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About
Fulk Nerra, the Black Falcon of Anjou, was fifty years a builder of donjons and a burner of towns, thrice a barefoot pilgrim to Jerusalem in terror for his soul; the greatest and most dreadful of the old Angevins.
Research notes
✓ FULK III 'NERRA', Count of ANJOU (c.970-1040), son of GEOFFREY GREYMANTLE and ADELE OF MEAUX (F99912, both already in the tree - this rung LOOPS the Jerusalem-Plantagenet spine onto the existing Angevin counts and, through Adele, the Vermandois Carolingians); m. 2nd Hildegarde; father of Ermengarde (our line). Standard well-documented medieval royal/comital genealogy per the cited authorities (web-confirmed 7 Aug 2026); contested rungs note-only, not hardened.