Foulques V (Fulk V the Younger) Anjou
- Born: 1092, Anjou, France
- Marriage: Ermengarde du Maine
- Died: 10 Nov 1143, Jerusalem at age 51
 General Notes:
King of Jerusalem
Born: 1092
association: (1): Ermengard of Maine
Marriage: (2): Melisende of Jerusalem
Died: 1143 at age 51
General Notes:
Fulk Latin king of Jerusalem (1131–43), count of Anjou (1109–29) as Fulk V, great-grandson of Fulk Nerra. He journeyed (1120) to the Holy Land as a pilgrim and returned there in 1129, making his son, Geoffrey Plantagenet, count of Anjou as Geoffrey IV. Having taken as his new wife Melisende, daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, he succeeded his father-in-law in 1131. Fulk's reign was disturbed by dissensions among the Latin princes and by the raids of the Turks, whose prisoner he was for a time in 1137. He was succeeded as king of Jerusalem by his son by Melisende, Baldwin III. 56 <../Sources.htm>
Noted events in his life were:
• He was employed. Count of Anjou. King of Jerusalem.
Fulk had children with Ermengard of Maine.
Foulques married Ermengarde du Maine, daughter of Count Elias du Maine and Matilda du Loire. (Ermengarde du Maine was born in 1096 in Maine, France.)
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